왜가리

왜가리

왜가리, heron

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[we̞ɡa̠ɾi]
• Phonetic Hangul[왜가리]

Revised Romanization? waegari Revised Romanization (translit.)? waegali McCune–Reischauer? waegari Yale Romanization? waykali

• IPA^(key)[ˈwe̞ːɡa̠ɾi]
• Phonetic Hangul[왜:가리]

Revised Romanization? waegari Revised Romanization (translit.)? waegali McCune–Reischauer? waegari Yale Romanization? wāykali

Noun

왜가리 • (waegari)

1. grey heron, Ardea cinerea

See also

• 해오라기 (hae-oragi): heron, egret (Ardeidae)
• 재두루미 (jaedurumi): white-naped crane (Antigone vipio: Gruidae)
• 황새 (hwangsae): stork (Gruidae)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-02), “왜가리”, in 표준국어대사전‎
• Lee, Woo-Shin; Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, ISBN 89951415-0-6

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