つのぎり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
觿 (rare) 觹 (rare) 觽 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 角 (tsuno, “horn”) +‎ 錐 (kiri, “awl”). The kiri changes to giri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝno̞ɡʲiɾʲi]

Noun

つのぎり • (tsunogiri)

(rare, probably historical) a kind of awl made of horn

Usage notes

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

つのぎり entry at WWWJDIC (Monash University mirror)

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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