참매

Korean
참매

Etymology

Literally "true hawk." From 참 (cham, “true”) + 매 (mae, “hawk”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕʰa̠mme̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[참매]
Revised Romanization? chammae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? chammae
McCune–Reischauer? ch'ammae
Yale Romanization? chammay

Noun

참매 • (chammae)

  1. The northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis.

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