砂時計

See also: 沙時計

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
砂	時	計
すな Grade: 6	とけい > どけい
すな Grade: 6	Grade: 2	Grade: 2
kun’yomi	jukujikun

砂時計 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From 砂 (suna, “sand”) +‎ 時計 (tokei, “timepiece”, jukujikun (熟字訓)). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) すなどけー [sùnádóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝna̠do̞ke̞ː]

Noun edit

砂(すな)時計(どけい) • (sunadokei)

an hourglass
Synonym: (less common) 砂漏 (sarō)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
砂	時	計

Noun edit

砂時計 • (sasigye) (hangeul 사시계)

Hanja form^? of 사시계.

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