길거리

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Korean

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Etymology

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(gil, street) +‎ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) +‎ 거리 (geori, street).

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 긼〮거리〮 (Yale: kíl-s-kèlí).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gilgeori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gilgeoli
McCune–Reischauer?kilkŏri
Yale Romanization?kilqkeli

Noun

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길거리 (gilgeori)

  1. a thoroughfare; a busy street