흑기러기

Korean

Etymology

Literally "black goose." From 흑 (黑, heuk, “black”) and 기러기 (gireogi, “wild goose”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [xɯk̚k͈iɾʌ̹ɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [흑끼러기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	heukgireogi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	heuggileogi
McCune–Reischauer?	hŭkkirŏgi
Yale Romanization?	huk.kileki

Noun

흑기러기 • (heukgireogi) (hanja 黑기러기)

1. The brent goose, Branta bernicla.

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 7 (last accessed)) “흑기러기 [heukgireogi]”, 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