つのぎり
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Japanese
[edit]| Alternative spellings |
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| 觿 (rare) 觹 (rare) 觽 (rare) |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 角 (tsuno, “horn”) + 錐 (kiri, “awl”). The kiri changes to giri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (rare, probably historical) a kind of awl made of horn
Usage notes
[edit]This term seems to be very rare, and is not listed in many dictionaries.[1][2][3][4][5]
The kanji spellings are also quite rare.
References
[edit]- つのぎり entry at WWWJDIC (Monash University mirror)
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN