Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mosirə

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

Reconstruction

Various dialects in the far north of the Tōhoku region have /mosVro/, and the Izumo dialect has /mosï̥ro/ where /me ~ mï ~ mɯ̈/ would be expected in the case of *mu.

Pronunciation

Accent class: 3.4a

Noun

*mosirə

straw mat

Descendants

Old Japanese: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (musiro₂)
- Japanese: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (mushiro, Heian LLL, Tokyo 3 [LHH-L], Kyoto 2 [HLL-L],^[1] Kagoshima B [LLH-L]^[2])
Proto-Ryukyuan: *mosiro (tone class C)
- Northern Ryukyuan: 모시루 (/⁠mo.si.ru⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (mussu)
  - Kunigami: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (musu /⁠músù⁠/)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (mushiro)
  - Okinawan: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (mushiru /⁠mùɕìɾù⁠/)
  - Okinoerabu: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (mushu /⁠mùɕû⁠/)
  - Tokunoshima: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (musshu /⁠múQɕù⁠/)
  - Yoron: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (musshū /⁠múQɕúː⁠/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (mussu)
  - Yaeyama: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (musu /⁠músú⁠/)
  - Yonaguni: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (musu /⁠mùsù⁠/)

References

^ “むしろ【筵・蓆・席・莚】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

[KDJ2O-1] “むしろ【筵・蓆・席・莚】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[ZAJ-2] Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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