따오기

Korean
The 따오기 (ttaogi, “ibis”).

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 다와기〮 (Yale: tàwàkí). Probably cognate with Japanese 鴇 (toki).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ttaogi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ttaogi
McCune–Reischauer?ttaogi
Yale Romanization?ttaoki

Noun

따오기 • (ttaogi)

  1. ibis
  2. Specifically the crested ibis, Nipponia nippon.
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See also
References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-06), “따오기”, 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

Noun

따오기 • (ttaogi) (verbal noun of 따오다)

  1. Lifting of text
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