쇠오리

Korean
쇠오리

Etymology

Literally "small duck." From 쇠 (soe, “small”) +‎ 오리 (ori, “duck”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰwe̞o̞ɾi] ~ [sʰø̞o̞ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [쉐오리/쇠오리]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?soe'ori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?soe'oli
McCune–Reischauer?soeori
Yale Romanization?soy.oli

Noun

쇠오리 • (soe'ori)

  1. The common teal, Anas crecca.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-08), “쇠오리”, 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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