砂糖黍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砂	糖	黍
さ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 6	きび Hyōgai
kan'on		kun'yomi

サトウキビ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

砂糖(さと) (sato, “sugar”) + 黍(きび) (kibi, “proso millet”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さとーきび [sàtóꜜòkìbì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) さとーきび [sàtóókíꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sa̠to̞ːkʲibʲi]

Noun

砂(さ)糖(とう)黍(きび) or 砂糖黍(サトウキビ) • (satōkibi) ^{←さたうきび (sataukibi)^?}

sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as サトウキビ.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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