先割れスプーン

Japanese
Kanji in this term
先 割
さき
Grade: 1		 わ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
先割スプーン (uncommon)

Etymology

Compound of 先 (saki, “tip, end”) +‎ 割れ (ware, “splitting, cleaving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of intransitive verb 割れる (wareru, “to split, to cleave”)) +‎ スプーン (supūn, “spoon”).[1][2][3]

Apparently coined to refer to the utensil provided as part of school food service.[1] First appearance unknown, but some time after 1860, the first attestation for スプーン (supūn).[4]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さきわれスプ​ーン [sàkíwáré súpúꜜùǹ] (Nakadaka – [6])[3]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kʲiɰᵝa̠ɾe̞ sɨ̥ᵝpɯ̟̃ᵝːɴ]

Noun

先(さき)割(わ)れスプーン • (sakiware supūn) 

  1. [after 1860] a spork

References
  1. “先割スプーン”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “先割れスプーン”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. “スプーン”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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