小坂
See also: 小阪
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 坂 |
お Grade: 1 |
さか Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
From /wosaka/ → /osaka/. Compound of 小 (o, “little”) + 坂 (saka, “hill”). The geographical area was later renamed to 大阪 (Ōsaka, Ōzaka, “large hill”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 坂 |
お Grade: 1 |
さか > ざか Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
From /wosaka/ → /wozaka/ → /ozaka/. The medial /s/ voices to /z/ due to rendaku (連濁). See above.