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Korean
Etymology
낙동강(洛東江) (Nakdonggang, “Nakdong River (longest river entirely in Korea)”) + 오리알 (orial, “duck's egg”). The origin of the idiom is uncertain; perhaps a reference to eggs of wildfowl slipping out of their nests and floating down the Nakdong during the monsoon floods.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | nakdonggang orial |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | nagdonggang olial |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | naktonggang orial |
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| Yale Romanization? | naktongkang ōlial |
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Noun
낙동강 오리알 • (nakdonggang orial)
- (idiomatic) a loner, a person isolated or excluded from the rest of the group