쇠기러기

Korean

쇠기러기

Etymology

Literally "small goose." From 쇠 (soe, “small”) +‎ 기러기 (gireogi, “wild goose”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰwe̞ɡiɾʌ̹ɡi] ~ [sʰø̞ɡiɾʌ̹ɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [쉐기러기/쇠기러기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	soegireogi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	soegileogi
McCune–Reischauer?	soegirŏgi
Yale Romanization?	soykileki

Noun

쇠기러기 • (soegireogi)

1. The greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons.

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 7 (last accessed)) “쇠기러기 [soegireogi]”, 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