슴새

Korean

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Calonectris leucomelas

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Alternative forms

섬새 (seomsae)
ᄯᅳᆷ새 (steumsae)

Etymology

Possibly from ᄯᅳᆷ (steum), an archaic form of 뜸 (tteum, “floating”) (substantive form of 뜨— (tteu-)) + 새 (sae, “bird”). Alternatively, the first syllable may be from 섬 (seom, “island”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɯmsʰɛ] ~ [sʰɯmsʰe̞]
Phonetic hangul: [슴새/슴세]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seumsae
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seumsae
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŭmsae
Yale Romanization^?	sumsay

Noun

슴새 • (seumsae)

The streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas.
An ocean bird of the family Procellariidae, including the petrels and shearwaters.

References

National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “슴새 [seumsae]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[2]
Samsung Moonhwasa (삼성문화사) (2002) “슴새”, in 국어대사전, Seoul: Author, page 921