Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sara

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 borrowed ultimately from Sanskrit शराव (śarāva, “plate”).[1]

Noun

*sara

plate

Descendants

Old Japanese: 皿, 盤 (sara)
- Japanese: 皿, 盤 (sara)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *sara
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 皿, 盤 (sara)
  - Kunigami: 皿, 盤 (sarā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 皿, 盤 (sara)
  - Okinawan: 皿, 盤 (sara)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 皿, 盤 (sara)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 皿, 盤 (sara)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 皿, 盤 (sharā)
  - Yoron: 皿, 盤 (sara)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 皿, 盤 (sara)
  - Yaeyama: 皿, 盤 (sara)
  - Yonaguni: 皿, 盤 (sara)

References

Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 518

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[1] Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 518