검은머리흰따오기

Korean

Etymology

From 검은 (geomeun, “to be black”, adjective form of 검다 (geomda)) +‎ 머리 (meori, “head”) +‎ 흰 (huin, “to be white”, adjective form of 희다 (huida)) +‎ 따오기 (ttaogi, “ibis”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kʌ̹mɯnmʌ̹ɾiʝint͈a̠o̞ɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [거믄머리힌따오기]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geomeunmeorihuinttaogi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geom'eunmeolihuinttaogi
McCune–Reischauer?kŏmŭnmŏrihŭinttaogi
Yale Romanization?kem.unmelihuynttaoki

Noun

검은머리흰따오기 • (geomeunmeorihuinttaogi)

  1. The black-headed ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus.

References
  • Dusan Encyclopedia (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 6 (last accessed)) “검은머리흰따오기 [geomeunmeorihuinttaogi]”, in 두산세계대백과사전 [dusansegyedaebaekgwasajeon]‎
  • 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
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