개구리매

Korean

Etymology

Literally "frog hawk." From 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”) +‎ 매 (mae, “falcon, hawk”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛɡuɾimɛ] ~ [ke̞ɡuɾime̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [개구리매/게구리메]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaegurimae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaegulimae
McCune–Reischauer?kaegurimae
Yale Romanization?kaykwulimay

Noun

개구리매 • (gaegurimae)

  1. The marsh harrier, Circus spilonotus.

Derived terms

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (9 January 2007 (last accessed)) “개구리매 [gaegurimae]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎[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
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