세가락메추라기

Korean

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Etymology

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Literally "three-toed quail." From (se, three) +‎ 가락 (garak, toe, finger) +‎ 메추라기 (mechuragi, Japanese quail).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡa̠ɾa̠ŋme̞t͡ɕʰuɾa̠ɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?segarangmechuragi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?segalagmechulagi
McCune–Reischauer?segarangmech'uragi
Yale Romanization?sēykalakmey.chwulaki

Noun

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세가락메추라기 (segarangmechuragi)

  1. The yellow-legged buttonquail, Turnix tanki.

References

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  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 10 (last accessed)) “세가락메추라기 [segarangmechuragi]”, 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