혹부리오리

Korean

Etymology

Literally "hump-beaked duck." From 혹 (hok, “lump”) +‎ 부리 (buri, “beak”) +‎ 오리 (ori, “duck”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɸʷo̞k̚p͈uɾio̞ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [혹뿌리오리]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hokburiori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hogbulioli
McCune–Reischauer?hokpuriori
Yale Romanization?hokpulioli

Noun

혹부리오리 • (hokburiori)

  1. The common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna.

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (8 January 2007 (last accessed)) “혹부리오리 [hokburiori]”, 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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