멧새

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From (me, mountain' wild) +‎ -ㅅ- (-s-, bird) +‎ (sae).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [me̞ss͈ɛ] ~ [me̞ss͈e̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?metsae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mes'sae
McCune–Reischauer?messae
Yale Romanization?meys.say

Noun

멧새 • (metsae)

  1. A bunting, particularly the meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides).

Derived terms

  • 검은멧새 (geomeunmetsae)
  • 노랑멧새 (norangmetsae, yellowhammer)
  • 노랑턱멧새 (norangteongmetsae)
  • 바위멧새 (bawimetsae)
  • 북방멧새 (bukbangmetsae)
  • 붉은뺨멧새 (bulgeunppyammetsae)
  • 쇠붉은뺨멧새 (soebulgeunppyammetsae)
  • 점박이멧새 (jeombagimetsae)
  • 제주멧새 (jejumetsae)
  • 회색머리멧새 (hoesaengmeorimetsae)
  • 흰머리멧새 (huinmeorimetsae)
  • 흰배멧새 (huinbaemetsae)