농구

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 籠球, from 籠 (“basket”) + 球 (“ball”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 籠(ろう)球(きゅう) (rōkyū).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?nonggu
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?nonggu
    McCune–Reischauer?nonggu
    Yale Romanization?nongkwu
    South Korean
    Standard Language         		농구(籠球) (nonggu)
    North Korean
    Standard Language         		롱구(籠球) (ronggu)

    Noun

    농구 • (nonggu) (hanja 籠球)

    1. (sports) basketball

    Derived terms

    • 농구하다 (籠球—, nongguhada, “to play basketball”)
    • 농구공 (籠球공, nonggugong, “a basketball (ball)”)
    • 농구 선수 (籠球選手, nonggu seonsu, “basketball player”)
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