砂時計

Japanese
Kanji in this term
砂 時 計
すな
Grade: 6		 とき > ど
Grade: 2		 けい
Grade: 2
kun’yomi Irregular kan’on

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. an hourglass
    Synonym: 砂漏 (sarō)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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