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) すなち [sùnáchí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝna̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

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

  1. [from 1595] sandy soil

References
  1. “砂地”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “砂地”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. 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
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