가오리

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean *가ᄫᆞᆯ (*kaWol), from Old Korean *kapol or perhaps *kapul.

First attested in Hangul form only in the seventeenth century, but regularly indirectly attested since the eighth century in Chinese-language texts produced in Korea in the phonogramic form 加火魚加火鱼 (jiāhuǒyú).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaoli
McCune–Reischauer?kaori
Yale Romanization?kaoli

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 오리의 / 오리에 / 오리까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

가오리 (gaori)

  1. ray, stingray (fish with flat body)
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