Korean edit

Etymology edit

Literally "big buzzard." From (keun, “big”) + 말똥가리 (malttonggari, “buzzard”).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?keunmalttonggari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?keunmal'ttonggali
McCune–Reischauer?k'ŭnmalttonggari
Yale Romanization?khunmalttongkali

Noun edit

큰말똥가리 (keunmalttonggari)

  1. The upland buzzard, Buteo hemilasius.

References edit

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 9 (last accessed)) “큰말똥가리 [keunmalttonggari]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎[1]
  • Lee, Woo-Shin with Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN