海原

海原

1. (～縣) Haiyuan County (a county of the Ningxia autonomous region, China)

⟨unapara⟩ → */unaɸara/ → /unabara/

Originally a compound of 海 (u, compounding form of umi, “sea, ocean”) +‎ な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle, apophonic form of の (no)) +‎ 原 (para, “plain, field”).^[1]

The shift to bara occurred in Middle Japanese, an instance of rendaku (連濁).^[1][2][3]

• (Tokyo) うなばら [ùnábárá] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
• (Tokyo) うなばら [ùnáꜜbàrà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟na̠ba̠ɾa̠]

海原(うなばら) • (unabara) 

1. a wide ocean

• 青(あお)海(うな)原(ばら) (aōnabara, “vast blue ocean”)
• 大(おお)海(うな)原(ばら) (ōunabara, “great, vast ocean”)

海原(うなばら) • (Unabara) 

1. a surname

Compound of 海 (kai, “sea, ocean”, the on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading) +‎ 原 (hara, “plain, field”, the kun'yomi or native Japanese reading). The shift of medial /h/ to /w/ is a regular sound change in certain compounds.

• IPA^(key): [ka̠iβ̞a̠ɾa̠]

海(かい)原(わら) • (Kaiwara) ^{←かいはら (Kaifara)?}

1. a place name

Originally a compound of 海 (u, compounding form of umi₁, “sea, ocean”) +‎ な (na, possessive particle, apophonic form of の (no₂)) +‎ 原 (para, “plain, field”).

海原 (unapara) (kana うなはら)

1. a wide ocean
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 7, poem 1089:
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     大海爾嶋毛不在爾海原絶塔浪爾立有白雲

     opoumi₁ ni sima mo aranaku ni unapara no tayutapu nami₁ ni tateru sirakumo

     On the vast ocean not a single island in sight and yet, far beyond the rolling surface of the sea, white clouds rising high.^[1]

• 靑海原 (awounapara)

• Japanese: 海原 (unabara)

Originally a compound of 海 (u, compounding form of umi₁, “sea, ocean”) +‎ の (no₂, possessive particle) +‎ 原 (para, “plain, field”).

海原 (uno₂para) (kana うのはら)

1. (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) a wide ocean
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4328:
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     於保吉美能美許等可之古美伊蘇爾布理宇乃波良和多流知知波波乎於伎弖

     opoki₁mi₁ no₂ miko₂to₂ kasiko₁mi₁ iso₁ ni puri uno₂para wataru titipapa wo oki₁te

     Respectfully accepting the order of the Emperor, I must leave my parents shortly and go, my ship brushing submerged rocks at sea.^[2]