붉은왜가리

Korean

Etymology

From 붉은 ("red," adjective form of 붉다) + 왜가리 (waegari, "heron").

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭɡɯnwɛɡa̠ɾi] ~ [puɭɡɯnwe̞ɡa̠ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [불그놰가리/불그눼가리]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bulgeunwaegari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bulg'eun'waegali
McCune–Reischauer?pulgŭnwaegari
Yale Romanization?pulk.un.waykali

Noun

붉은왜가리 • (bulgeunwaegari)

  1. The purple heron, Ardea purpurea.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-02), “붉은왜가리”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • Lee, Woo-Shin; Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN
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