Korean

Noun

곤이 • ‎(goni)

1. (archaic) Synonym of 고니 ‎(goni) (swan).

Alternative forms

• 고니 (goni) (canonical)
• 곤 (gon) (archaic)

Synonyms

• 백조 (白鳥, baekjo, “a swan, literally, white bird”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 鯤 ‎(“spawn”) + 鮞 ‎(“roe”)

Noun

곤이 • ‎(goni) ‎(hanja 鯤鮞)

1. roe, the eggs or the egg-laden ovary of a fish
2. newborn fish

Synonyms

• 물고기알 (mulgogial, “literally, fish egg”)
• 어란 (魚卵, eoran, “literally, fish egg”)

See also

• 물고기 (mulgogi, “fish”)
• 알 (al, “egg”)
• 알젓 (aljeot, “salted roe”)
• 카비알 (kabial, “caviar”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 混 ‎(“to mix, blend”) + 夷 ‎(“Eastern foreigner”)

Noun

곤이 • ‎(goni) ‎(hanja 混夷)

1. barbarians west of ancient China, attested no less than two millennia ago^[1]

Alternative forms

• 혼이 (honi) (not canonical)
• 훈이 (huni) (as per the Chinese reading hun-yi)

Synonyms

• 서융 (西戎, seoyung)

References

1. ↑ 곤이태의 (混夷駾矣 <詩經>, gonitae-ui, “Western barbarians run.”)