쇠오리

Korean

쇠오리

Etymology

Literally "small duck." From 쇠 (soe, “small”) + 오리 (ori, “duck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[sʰwe̞o̞ɾi] ~ [sʰø̞o̞ɾi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[쉐오리/쇠오리]
Revised Romanization? soe-ori
Revised Romanization (translit.)? soe-oli
McCune–Reischauer? soeori
Yale Romanization? soyoli

Noun

쇠오리 • (soe-ori)

  1. The common teal, Anas crecca.

References

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