멧새

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 메 (me, “mountain' wild”) +‎ ㅅ (-s-, “bird”) +‎ 새 (sae).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [me̞ss͈ɛ] ~ [me̞ss͈e̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [멛쌔/멛쎄]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	metsae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mes'sae
McCune–Reischauer?	messae
Yale Romanization?	meys.say

Noun

멧새 • (metsae)

1. A bunting, particularly the meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides).

Derived terms

• 검은멧새 (geomeunmetsae)
• 노랑멧새 (norangmetsae, “yellowhammer”)
• 노랑턱멧새 (norangteongmetsae)
• 바위멧새 (bawimetsae)
• 북방멧새 (bukbangmetsae)
• 붉은뺨멧새 (bulgeunppyammetsae)
• 쇠붉은뺨멧새 (soebulgeunppyammetsae)
• 점박이멧새 (jeombagimetsae)
• 제주멧새 (jejumetsae)
• 회색머리멧새 (hoesaengmeorimetsae)
• 흰머리멧새 (huinmeorimetsae)
• 흰배멧새 (huinbaemetsae)