슴새

Korean

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

섬새 (seomsae)
ᄯᅳᆷ새 (steumsae)

Etymology

Possibly from ᄯᅳᆷ (steum), an archaic form of 뜸 (tteum, “floating”) (substantive form of 뜨— (tteu-)) + 새 (sae, “bird”). Alternatively, the first syllable may be from 섬 (seom, “island”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɯmsʰɛ] ~ [sʰɯmsʰe̞]
Phonetic hangul: [슴새/슴세]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seumsae
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seumsae
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŭmsae
Yale Romanization^?	sumsay

Noun

슴새 • (seumsae)

The streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas.
An ocean bird of the family Procellariidae, including the petrels and shearwaters.

References

National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2006-12-31), “슴새”, in 표준국어대사전‎
National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2006-12-31), “”, in 표준국어대사전‎
Samsung Moonhwasa (삼성문화사) (2002), “슴새”, in 국어대사전, Seoul: Author, page 921