농구

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 롱구 (ronggu) (North Korean)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[no̞ŋɡu]
  • Phonetic Hangul[농구]
Revised Romanization? nonggu
Revised Romanization (translit.)? nonggu
McCune–Reischauer? nonggu
Yale Romanization? nongkwu

Noun

농구 • (nonggu) (hanja 籠球)

  1. (sports) basketball
  • 농구하다 (籠球하다, nongguhada, “to play basketball”)
  • 농구공 (籠球공, nonggugong, “a basketball (ball)”)
  • 농구선수 (籠球選手, nongguseonsu, “basketball player”)
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