井戸車

Japanese

Kanji in this term
井 戸 車
い
Grade: 4 		と > ど
Grade: 2 		くるま > ぐるま
Grade: 1
Alternative spelling
井戶車 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 井戸(いど) (ido, “well”) + 車(くるま) (kuruma, “wheel”). The kuruma changes to guruma as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いどぐるま [ìdógúꜜrùmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ido̞ɡɯ̟ɾɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

井(い)戸(ど)車(ぐるま) • (idoguruma) 

  1. well pulley, the part of an in-ground well that holds the bucket up
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