아귀

Of native Korean origin.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɡɥi] ~ [a̠ɡy]
• Phonetic hangul: [아귀]

아귀 • (agwi)

1. angle, corner, junction
2. side slit (in raincoat), placket (in skirt)
3. commissure of seed (through which the plumule comes up)
4. (an archer's bow's) curved-in part

Of native Korean origin. Probably cognate to 아가리 (agari, “mouth, muzzle”), 아가미 (agami, “gill of a fish”), 아궁이 (agung'i, “fuel hole”), etc.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɡɥi] ~ [a̠ɡy]
• Phonetic hangul: [아귀]

아귀 • (agwi)

1. (obsolete) mouth
2. (figurative) eloquence, boldness in words

Of native Korean origin. Perhaps so called from the remarkably big mouth (see #Etymology 2). Compare Japanese 鮟鱇 (ankō, “anglerfish, monkfish”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɡɥi] ~ [a̠ɡy]
• Phonetic hangul: [아귀]

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아귀 • (agwi)

1. monkfish

• 안강 (鮟鱇, an'gang)

• 鮟
• 鱇

Sino-Korean word from 餓鬼, from 餓 (“to be hungry, to starve”) + 鬼 (“devil, ghost”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈa̠(ː)ɡɥi] ~ [ˈa̠(ː)ɡy]
• Phonetic hangul: [아(ː)귀]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

아귀 • (agwi) (hanja 餓鬼)

1. (Buddhism) preta; starving ghost; a famished devil
2. (figurative) a greedy person