홍머리오리

Korean

홍머리오리

Etymology

Literally "red-headed duck." From 홍 (紅, hong, “red”) + 머리 (meori, “head”) + 오리 (ori, “duck”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞ŋmʌ̹ɾio̞ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [홍머리오리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hongmeoriori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hongmeolioli
McCune–Reischauer?	hongmŏriori
Yale Romanization?	hongmelioli

Noun

홍머리오리 • (hongmeoriori) (hanja 紅머리오리)

1. The Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope, syn. Anas penelope.

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 8 (last accessed)) “홍머리오리”, in 표준국어대사전‎^[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