砂糖黍

Japanese edit

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サトウキビ

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

Etymology edit

砂糖 (satō, “sugar”) +‎ 黍 (kibi, “proso millet”)

Pronunciation edit

(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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

↑ ^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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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

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

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