곤이

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ni]
Phonetic hangul: [고니]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	goni
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gon'i
McCune–Reischauer^?	koni
Yale Romanization^?	kon.i

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

곤이 • (goni)

(archaic) synonym of 고니 (goni) (swan).

Alternative forms

고니 (goni) (canonical)
곤 (gon) (archaic)

Synonyms

백조(白鳥) (baekjo, “a swan”, literally “white bird”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 鯤 (“spawn”) + 鮞 (“roe”)

Noun

곤이 • (goni) (hanja 鯤鮞)

roe, the eggs or the egg-laden ovary of a fish
newborn fish

Synonyms

생선(生鮮)알 (saengseonal)
어란(魚卵) (eoran)
(North Korea) 물고기알 (mulgogial, literally “fish egg”)

See also

물고기 (mulgogi, “fish”)
알 (al, “egg”)
알젓 (aljeot, “salted roe”)
카비알 (kabial, “caviar”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 混 (“to mix, blend”) + 夷 (“Eastern foreigner”)

Noun

곤이 • (goni) (hanja 混夷)

barbarians west of ancient China, attested no less than two millennia ago

Alternative forms

혼이 (honi) (not canonical)
훈이 (huni) (as per the Chinese reading 混夷 (MC hwonX yij))

Synonyms

서융(西戎) (seoyung)