막이

Korean

Etymology

From 막 (mak-, “stop up”) +‎ 이 (-i, “noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ma̠ɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [마기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	magi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mag'i
McCune–Reischauer?	magi
Yale Romanization?	mak.i

Noun

막이 • (magi)

1. damming (up), banking (up)
2. protection (against), defence
3. end piece

Derived terms

• 바람막이 (barammagi, “windbreaker”)
• 칸막이 (kanmagi, “partition”)

Related terms

• 마기 (magi, “ultimately”)

Further reading

• Martin, Samuel E., Yang Ha Lee, Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 570.