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

Noun

농구 • (nonggu) (hanja 籠球)

South Korean
Standard Language		 농구(籠球) (nonggu)
North Korean
Standard Language		 롱구(籠球) (ronggu)
  1. (sports) basketball

Derived terms
  • 농구하다 (籠球—, nongguhada, “to play basketball”)
  • 농구공 (籠球공, nonggugong, “a basketball (ball)”)
  • 농구선수 (籠球選手, nongguseonsu, “basketball player”)
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