砂時計

砂時計

See also: 沙時計

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

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

Noun

砂(すな)時計(どけい) • (sunadokei) 

1. an hourglass

   Synonym: (less common) 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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Korean

Hanja in this term
砂	時	計

Noun

砂時計 • (sasigye) (hangeul 사시계)

1. Hanja form^? of 사시계.