うるうどし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
閏年 うるう年

Etymology

From 閏(うるう) (urū) + 年(とし) (toshi). The toshi changes to doshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うる​うどし [ùrúꜜùdòshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝːdo̞ɕi]

Noun

うるうどし • (urūdoshi) ^{←うるふどし (urufudosi)?}

1. (solar calendar) a leap year, a year with 366 days
2. (lunisolar calendar) a year with 13 lunar months

Synonyms

• 閏年(じゅんねん) (junnen)

Antonyms

• 平年(へいねん) (heinen)