구리

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 구리〮 (Yale: kwùlí).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kuɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [구리]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 구리의 / 구리에 / 구리까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

구리 • (guri)

1. copper

   Synonym: 동(銅) (dong)

Of native Korean origin.

구리 • (guri)

1. Short for 구렁이 (gureong'i, “large snake”).