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가오리

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Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Korean *가ᄫᆞᆯ (*kaWol), from Old Korean *kapol or perhaps *kapul.

First attested in Hangul form only in the seventeenth century, but regularly indirectly attested since the eighth century in Chinese-language texts produced in Korea in the phonogramic form 加火魚 / 加火鱼 (jiāhuǒyú).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaoli
McCune–Reischauer?kaori
Yale Romanization?kaoli

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 오리의 / 오리에 / 오리까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

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가오리 (gaori)

  1. ray, stingray (fish with flat body)