눈불개

Korean

Etymology

Literally "fire-eyed fish," from 눈 (nun, “eye”) +‎ 불 (bul, “fire”). Contains the suffix -개 (-gae, “thing”), often found in fish names.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nunbuɭɡɛ] ~ [nunbuɭɡe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [눈불개/눈불게]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nunbulgae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nunbulgae
McCune–Reischauer?	nunbulgae
Yale Romanization?	nwunpul.kay

Noun

눈불개 • (nunbulgae)

1. The barbel chub, Squaliobarbus curriculus.

Synonyms

• 홍안어 (紅眼魚, hong'aneo)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 20 (last accessed)) “눈불개 [nunbulgae]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “눈불개”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 184