砂地

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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

Noun

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

  1. sandy soil

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “砂地”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “砂地”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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