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

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 Ōshima: 毬 (man)
  - Okinawan: 毬 (māi)
  - ⇒ Okinoerabu: 唐毬 (tōmai)
  - >? Southern Amami Ōshima: 毬 (marū)
  - >? Tokunoshima: 毬 (maru)
  - >? Yoron: 毬 (maru)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 毬 (māɿ)
  - Yaeyama: 毬 (māɿ)
  - Yonaguni: 毬 (maryan)