알락해오라기

Korean

Etymology

From 알락 (allak, “speckled”) +‎ 해오라기 (hae'oragi, “bittern”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [a̠ɭɭa̠kʰɛo̞ɾa̠ɡi] ~ [a̠ɭɭa̠kʰe̞o̞ɾa̠ɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [알라캐오라기/알라케오라기]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?allakhae'oragi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?allaghae'olagi
McCune–Reischauer?allakhaeoragi
Yale Romanization?allak.hay.olaki

Noun
알락해오라기

알락해오라기 • (allakhae'oragi)

  1. The great bittern, Botaurus stellaris.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-02), “알락해오라기”, 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
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