혹부리오리

Korean
혹부리오리

Etymology

Literally "hump-beaked duck." From 혹 (hok, "lump") + 부리 (buri, "beak") + 오리 (ori, "duck").

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ɸʷo̞k̚p͈uɾio̞ɾi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[혹뿌리오리]
Revised Romanization? hokburiori
Revised Romanization (translit.)? hogbulioli
McCune–Reischauer? hokpuriori
Yale Romanization? hokqpulioli

Noun

혹부리오리 • (hokburiori)

  1. The common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-08), “혹부리오리”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • Lee, Woo-Shin; 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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