Korean

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왜가리, heron

Etymology

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First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 오과〮리〮 (Yale: wòkwálí).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwɛ(ː)ɡa̠ɾi] ~ [ˈwe̞(ː)ɡa̠ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?waegari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?waegali
McCune–Reischauer?waegari
Yale Romanization?wāykali

Noun

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왜가리 (waegari)

  1. grey heron, Ardea cinerea

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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