うるうびょう

Japanese
Alternative spellings
閏秒
うるう秒

Etymology

From 閏(うるう) (urū) + 秒(びょう) (byō).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うる​うびょー [ùrúꜜùbyòò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝːbʲo̞ː]

Noun

うるうびょう • (urūbyō) ←うるふべう (urufubeu)?

  1. leap second

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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