가오리

Korean

Etymology

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠o̞ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [가오리]

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

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가오리의 / 가오리에 / 가오리까지

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

Noun

가오리 • (gaori)

1. ray, stingray (fish with flat body)