저어새

Korean

Etymology

From 저어 (jeo'eo, “to be troubled”, possibly as in 저어하다) +‎ 새 (sae, “bird”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ʌ̹sʰɛ] ~ [t͡ɕʌ̹ʌ̹sʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [저어새/저어세]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeo'eosae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeo'eosae
McCune–Reischauer?chŏŏsae
Yale Romanization?ceesay

Noun

저어새 • (jeo'eosae)

  1. Any ibis or spoonbill.
  2. The black-faced spoonbill, Platalea minor.

Derived terms

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (6 January 2007 (last accessed)) “저어새 [jeo'eosae]”, 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
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