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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 爪 (tsume, “nails, claws”) + 切り (kiri, “cutting, cutter”, stem of verb 切る, kiru, “to cut”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
爪切り • (tsumekiri)
- a nail clipper
Descendants
- Korean: 쓰메끼리 (sseumekkiri)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN