왜가리

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왜가리, heron

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 오과리 (Yale: wokwali).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?waegari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?waegali
McCune–Reischauer?waegari
Yale Romanization?waykali
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwɛ(ː)ɡa̠ɾi] ~ [ˈwe̞(ː)ɡa̠ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?waegari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?waegali
McCune–Reischauer?waegari
Yale Romanization?wāykali

Noun

왜가리 (waegari)

  1. grey heron, Ardea cinerea

See also

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 2 (last accessed)) “왜가리”, in 표준국어대사전[1]
  • Lee, Woo-Shin with Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN
왜가리