새매

Korean
새매

Etymology

From 새 (sae, “bird”) + 매 (mae, “hawk”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ˈsʰe̞ːme̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[새:매]
Revised Romanization? saemae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? saemae
McCune–Reischauer? saemae
Yale Romanization? sāymay

Noun

새매 • (saemae)

  1. The Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-09), “새매”, 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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