목끼리

Korean

Etymology

By surface analysis, 목 (mok, “neck”) +‎ -ㅅ- (-s-) +‎ 길— (gil-, “long”) +‎ -이 (-i, “-er”, noun-deriving suffix), literally “long-necker”.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mokkkiri
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mogkkili
McCune–Reischauer?mokkiri
Yale Romanization?mok.kkili

Noun

목끼리 • (mokkkiri) (counter 마리)

  1. (zoology, puristic) synonym of 기린(麒麟) (girin, “giraffe”)
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