막이

Korean

Etymology

From 막 (mak-, “stop up”) +‎ 이 (-i, “noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ma̠ɡi]
Phonetic hangul: [마기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	magi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mag'i
McCune–Reischauer^?	magi
Yale Romanization^?	mak.i

Noun

막이 • (magi)

damming (up), banking (up)
protection (against), defence
end piece

Derived terms

바람막이 (barammagi, “windbreaker”)
칸막이 (kanmagi, “partition”)

Related terms

마기 (magi, “ultimately”)

Further reading

Martin, Samuel E., Yang Ha Lee, Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 570.

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