길냥이

Korean

Etymology

compound of 길(street)+냥(nyang, shortened form of 야옹(meow))+-이(noun-making suffix).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kiʎʎa̠ŋi]
Phonetic hangul: [길량이]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gillyang'i
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gilnyang'i
McCune–Reischauer^?	killyangi
Yale Romanization^?	kilnyangi

Noun

길냥이 • (gillyang'i)

(neologism) stray cat
Synonym: 도둑고양이 (dodukgoyang'i)

See also

고양이 (goyang'i, “cat”)

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