鳩時計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳩	時	計
はと Jinmeiyō	と > ど Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular

Etymology

From 鳩(はと) (hato, “pigeon; dove”) + 時計(どけい) (dokei, “timepiece”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)

(Tokyo) はとどけー [hàtódóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ha̠to̞do̞ke̞ː]

Noun

鳩(はと)時(ど)計(けい) • (hatodokei)

a cuckoo clock

References

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

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