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

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 (satōkibi).

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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