住まい

住まい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
住
す Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
住居 住 (less common) 住い (uncommon)

Etymology

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 住(す)まう (sumau, “to live at; to dwell; to reside”).[1][2][3][4][5]

First attested in the 970s.[2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) す​まい [súꜜmàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5][6]
• (Tokyo) すま​い [sùmáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])[6]
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝma̠i]

Noun

住(す)まい • (sumai) ^{←すまひ (sumafi)?}

1. [from 970s] residence, dwelling, one's shelter
2. [from 970s] life, habitation, the act of living in a place

   一人(ひとり)住(ず)まい

   hitori-zumai

   living alone

References

1. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
2. “住・住居”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
3. “住まい”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
6. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN