砂時計

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JapaneseEdit

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Kanji in this term
砂	時	計
すな Grade: 6	と > ど Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
Irregular

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) すなど​けい [sùnádóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka - [3])
• IPA^(key): [sɯ̃ᵝna̠do̞ke̞ː]

NounEdit

砂時計 ‎(hiragana すなどけい, romaji sunadokei)

1. an hourglass (clock)