Talk:호랑이

@Karaeng Matoaya: Hi. Is 호랑 (horang) really a North Korean variant or something else? --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 21:50, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

@Atitarev, hello, the 국립국어원 does state that it is a North Korean variant so presumably it's more common there. But it's not really uniquely North Korean; the fact that 이 here is a suffix is apparent for most native speakers, so the suffix-less variant does rarely occur in the South as well. Here are some examples: 1, 2. But in South Korea it is quite rare, if nonetheless understandable.

In terms of what North Koreans use, the North Korean propaganda site uriminzokkiri.com has overwhelmingly more Google hits for "호랑이" (974 hits) than for "호랑" (around 50 hits), so the former seems to be far more common in North Korea as well. A lot of the hits for the latter are also irrelevant compounds like 호랑나비, a swallowtail butterfly whose patterns resemble a tiger's stripes (this word is also used in South Korea).

I think 호랑 can just be labelled as {{lb|ko|rare}}, or perhaps {{lb|ko|rare|but more common in|_|North Korea}}.--Karaeng Matoaya (talk) 23:44, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

@Karaeng Matoaya: Thanks for the detailed response. BTW, I am more interested in getting our coverage right, so if you respond with an entry or edit, it's even better! :) I'll make a stub and ping you to check.--Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 23:49, 3 December 2020 (UTC)