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Reconstruction:Proto-Koreanic/mati

This Proto-Koreanic 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.
 This Proto-Koreanic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Koreanic

Noun

*mati

  1. plot (of land)

Descendants
  • Old Korean:
    • Middle Korean: 맡 (math) (< *matV-k(V))
  • → Old Japanese: 町 (mati, “plot of land; measure of land”)
    • Japanese: 町 (machi, “town”)

References
  • Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 192
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