저어새

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Korean

Etymology

From 저어, possibly as in 저어하다 (jeoeohada, "to be troubled"), and (sae, "bird").

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ʌ̹sʰɛ] ~ [t͡ɕʌ̹ʌ̹sʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeo'eosae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeo'eosae
McCune–Reischauer?chŏŏsae
Yale Romanization?ceesay

Noun

저어새 (jeo'eosae)

  1. Any ibis or spoonbill.
  2. The black-faced spoonbill, Platalea minor.

Derived terms

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 6 (last accessed)) “저어새”, 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