酢橘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酢	橘
す Grade: S	たちばな > だち Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi	irregular

Etymology

Blend of 酢 (su, “vinegar”, for its sourness) +‎ 橘 (tachibana, “Citrus tachibana”).

The tachi changes to dachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すだち [sùdáchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) すだち [sùdáchíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝda̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

酢(す)橘(だち) or 酢橘(スダチ) • (sudachi)

Citrus sudachi, a citrus fruit native to western Japan
Hypernym: 蜜柑 (mikan)

See also

柚子(ユズ) (yuzu)

References

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

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