큰고니

Korean

Etymology

From 큰 (keun, "big," adnominal form of 크다) + 고니 (goni, "swan").

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[kxɯnɡo̞ni]
  • Phonetic Hangul[큰고니]
Revised Romanization? keun-goni
Revised Romanization (translit.)? keungoni
McCune–Reischauer? k'ŭn'goni
Yale Romanization? khunkoni

Noun
큰고니

큰고니 • (keun-goni)

  1. The whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus.

Synonyms
  • 큰백조 (keunbaekjo)

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-07), “큰고니”, 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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