Korean

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Etymology

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From 덤불 (deombul, thicket) +‎ 해오라기 (hae'oragi, heron).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [tʌ̹mbuɾɦɛo̞ɾa̠ɡi] ~ [tʌ̹mbuɾɦe̞o̞ɾa̠ɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?deombulhae'oragi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?deombulhae'olagi
McCune–Reischauer?tŏmburhaeoragi
Yale Romanization?tempul.hay.olaki

Noun

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덤불해오라기

덤불해오라기 (deombulhae'oragi)

  1. The yellow bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis.

References

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  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 2 (last accessed)) “덤불해오라기 [deombulhae'oragi]”, 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