쇠기러기

Korean

Etymology

Literally "small goose." From 쇠 (soe, "small," combinatoric form of 소) + 기러기 (gireogi, "wild goose").

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰwe̞ɡiɾʌ̹ɡi] ~ [sʰø̞ɡiɾʌ̹ɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [쉐기러기/쇠기러기]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?soegireogi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?soegileogi
McCune–Reischauer?soegirŏgi
Yale Romanization?soykileki

Noun
쇠기러기

쇠기러기 • (soegireogi)

  1. The greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-07), “쇠기러기”, 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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