개구리매

Korean

Etymology

Literally "frog hawk." From 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”) +‎ 매 (mae, “falcon, hawk”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɛɡuɾimɛ] ~ [ke̞ɡuɾime̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [개구리매/게구리메]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaegurimae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaegulimae
McCune–Reischauer?	kaegurimae
Yale Romanization?	kaykwulimay

Noun

개구리매 • (gaegurimae)

1. The marsh harrier, Circus spilonotus.

Derived terms

• 알락개구리매 (allakgaegurimae, “pied harrier”)
• 잿빛개구리매 (jaetbitgaegurimae, “hen harrier”)
• 큰개구리매 (keun'gaegurimae, “western marsh harrier”)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 9 (last accessed)) “개구리매”, in 표준국어대사전‎^[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