갈매기

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞᆯ며기 (Yale: kòlmyèkì).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɭmɛɡi] ~ [ka̠ɭme̞ɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [갈매기/갈메기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	galmaegi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	galmaegi
McCune–Reischauer?	kalmaegi
Yale Romanization?	kal.mayki

Noun

갈매기 • (galmaegi)

1. gull, seagull, mew

Alternative forms

• 갈머기 (galmeogi): (obsolete)
• 갈며기 (galmyeogi): (obsolete)
• 갈멱이 (galmyeogi): (obsolete), cf. 멱 (myeok, “dipping, bathing”)
• 갈미 (galmi): (obsolete)

Derived terms

• 붉은부리갈매기 (bulgeunburigalmaegi, “black-headed gull”)
• 재갈매기 (jaegalmaegi, “Vega gull”)
• 흰갈매기 (huin'galmaegi, “glaucous gull”)

See also

• 머구리 (meoguri): (obsolete) frog
• 멱 (myeok): dipping, bathing (in waters)
• 미역 (miyeok): dipping, bathing (in waters)
• 무자맥질 (mujamaekjil): dipping, diving, ducking