Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mura

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

Possibly from *mur- (“group; to gather”), reflected in Japanese 群れる (mureru, “to gather”), via an addition of a suffix *-a. 牟羅 (*mura) appears in Old Korean placenames.

Miyake deems resemblance to Old Chinese 里 - which he reconstructs as 里 (OC *mɯ.rəʔ) - to be likely coincidental; as the expected Modern Japanese reflex would be **muro ← **mo1ro2 ← **mo2ro2 [mərə].[1]

Noun

*mura

  1. village, settlement

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 村 (mura)
    • Japanese: 村 (mura)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mura
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 村 (mura)
      • Kunigami: 村 (murā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 村 (mora)
      • Okinawan: 村 (mura)
      • Okinoerabu: 村 (mura)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 村 (mura)
      • Tokunoshima: 村 (murā)
      • Yoron: 村 (mura)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 村 (mura)
      • Yaeyama: 村 (mura)
      • Yonaguni: 村 (mura)

References

  1. ^ Miyake, Marc Hideo (13 June 2018) “Early Old Chinese Presyllabic *i”, in Abode of Amritas
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