군함조

Korean

Wikispecies

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 軍艦鳥. Calque of English frigatebird. From 군함 (軍艦, gunham, "battleship") + 조 (鳥, jo, "bird").

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kunɦa̠md͡ʑo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [군함조]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gunhamjo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gunhamjo
McCune–Reischauer?	kunhamjo
Yale Romanization?	kwun.hamco

Noun

군함조 • (gunhamjo) (hanja 軍艦鳥)

1. The lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel.
2. Any frigatebird.

Synonyms

• 군함새 (gunhamsae)

Derived terms

• 아메리카군함조 (amerikagunhamjo, “magnificent frigatebird”)
• 어센션군함조 (eosensyeon'gunhamjo , “Ascension frigatebird”)
• 흰배군함조 (huinbaegunhamjo, “Christmas frigatebird”)
• 큰군함조 (keun'gunhamjo, “great frigatebird”)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 2 (last accessed)) “군함조 [gunhamjo]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]