낙동강 오리알

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

낙동강(洛東江) (Nakdonggang, “Nakdong River (longest river entirely in Korea)”) + 오리알 (orial, “duck's egg”). The origin of the idiom is uncertain; perhaps a reference to eggs of wildfowl slipping out of their nests and floating down the Nakdong during the monsoon floods.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [na̠k̚t͈o̞ŋɡa̠ŋ o̞(ː)ɾia̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [낙똥강 오(ː)리알]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nakdonggang orial
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nagdonggang olial
McCune–Reischauer?naktonggang orial
Yale Romanization?naktongkang ōlial

Noun[edit]

낙동강 오리알 • (nakdonggang orial)

  1. (idiomatic) a loner, a person isolated or excluded from the rest of the group
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