さいたま
Japanese
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) さいたま [sáꜜìtàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [sa̠ita̠ma̠]
Etymology 1
From 埼玉 (Saitama, “Saitama Prefecture”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “When, why, etc. was the city renamed in hiragana?”)
Proper noun
さいたま • (Saitama)
- Short for さいたま市 (Saitama-shi): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
See also
さいたま市 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
Saitama (city) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of さいたま – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, さいたま, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN