미국오리

Korean
미국오리 (migugori)

Etymology

Literally "American duck." From 미국(美國) (miguk, “America”) +‎ 오리 (ori, “duck”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [miɡuk̚ o̞(ː)ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [미국 오(ː)리]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miguk ori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?migug oli
McCune–Reischauer?miguk ori
Yale Romanization?mikwuk ōli

Noun

미국오리 • (migugori)

  1. The American black duck, Anas rubripes

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 8 (last accessed)) “미국오리 [migugori]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎
  • 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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