Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mari

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

Related to *maro (“round”).

Pronunciation

• Accent class: 2.5a

Noun

*mari

1. something round; a ball

Descendants

• Old Japanese: まり (mari, “a vessel for pouring in water or sake”)
  • Japanese: 毬 (mari)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mari
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • >? Kikai: 毬 (mārū)
    • Kunigami: 毬 (mai)
    • >? Northern Amami-Oshima: 毬 (man)
    • Okinawan: 毬 (māi)
    • ⇒ Oki-No-Erabu: 唐毬 (tōmai)
    • >? Southern Amami-Oshima: 毬 (marū)
    • >? Toku-No-Shima: 毬 (maru)
    • >? Yoron: 毬 (maru)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 毬 (māɿ)
    • Yaeyama: 毬 (māɿ)
    • Yonaguni: 毬 (maryan)