Korean/Words/박쥐

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박쥐[edit | edit source]

RR: bakjwi

  1. A bat (or, rearmouse, reermouse, reremouse, flindermouse, flittermouse, fluttermouse, flying-mouse, chiropter, chiropteran, etc.), from Middle English balke.
Etymology
Korean/Words/밝쥐 (balgjwi), a compound of 밝다 (balgda, "to be bright-eyed") + 쥐 (jwi, "rat")
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