Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/matu

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Accent class: 2.4a

Noun edit

*matu

  1. pine, pine tree
Descendants edit
  • Old Japanese: (matu)
    • Japanese: (matsu, Heian LH,[1] Tokyo 1 [HL(L)], Kyoto 1 [LH ~ LL(H)], Kagoshima B [LH(L)][2])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *matu (tone class C)
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (matu)
      • Kunigami: (machi /⁠mátɕì⁠/)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 松木 (matsïgï)
      • Okinawan: (mātsi /⁠màːtsì⁠/)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 松木 (machigi /⁠màtɕígí⁠/)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: (mat /⁠mát̩⁠/)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 松木 (matsïgï /⁠mátsɨ̀gɨ̀⁠/)
      • Yoron: 松木 (machigi /⁠mátɕígí⁠/)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (matsï)
      • Yaeyama: (matsï /⁠mátsɨ́⁠/)
      • Yonaguni: (machi /⁠màtɕî⁠/)

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Accent class: L-[3]

Verb edit

*matu (infinitive *mati)

  1. to wait
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ まつ 【松】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)  [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  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
  3. ^ Martin, Samuel E. (1987) “matu”, in The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 721