砂時計
Contents
JapaneseEdit
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 砂 | 時 | 計 |
| すな Grade: 6 |
とき > ど Grade: 2 |
けい Grade: 2 |
| Irregular | ||
EtymologyEdit
From 砂 (suna, “sand”) + 時計 (tokei, “timepiece”). The tokei reading for 時計 changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁). 時計 is jukujikun (熟字訓).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
砂時計 (hiragana すなどけい, rōmaji sunadokei)
- an hourglass
SynonymsEdit
- 砂漏 (sarō)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0