홍머리오리

Korean
홍머리오리

Etymology

Literally "red-headed duck." From 홍 (紅, hong, “red”) + 머리 (meori, “head”) + 오리 (ori, “duck”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɸʷo̞ŋmʌ̹ɾio̞ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [홍머리오리]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hongmeoriori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hongmeolioli
McCune–Reischauer?hongmŏriori
Yale Romanization?hongmelioli

Noun

홍머리오리 • (hongmeoriori) (hanja 紅머리오리)

  1. The Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope, syn. Anas penelope.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-08), “홍머리오리”, 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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