砂地

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砂	地
すな Grade: 6	ち Grade: 2
kun'yomi	kan'on

Kanji in this term
砂	地
すな Grade: 6	ち > じ Grade: 2
kun'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 砂 (suna, “sand”) +‎ 地 (chi, “ground; soil”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The chi changes to ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Also found with the non-rendaku pronunciation sunachi, with some references indicating that this is an alternative.^[1]^[2]^[3] Other references do not include this pronunciation at all.^[4]^[5]^[6]

First cited to 1595 in a Latin-Portuguese-Japanese dictionary.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すなじ [sùnájí] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[4]^[6]
IPA^(key): [sɨna̠ʑi]

(Tokyo) すなち [sùnáchí] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
IPA^(key): [sɨna̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

砂(すな)地(じ) or 砂(すな)地(ち) • (sunaji or sunachi)

[from 1595] sandy soil

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “砂地”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “砂地”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ2-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “砂地”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 “砂地”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[K-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[NHK-6] 6.0 ^6.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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