The lexical variants presented in the note below are arranged according to their frequency of occurrence in the survey data-from most frequent to least frequent.

The following variants were recorded for the concept of male ego’s brother’s daughter: putṇi, mulɡi, dʰwaḍi, porɡi, ḍikri, lek, sohəri, beṭi sun and bʰañǰi, bʰətiǰi, bʰətərǰi, etc.

The word putṇi was reported throughout Maharashtra for male ego’s brother’s daughter. putni was elicited as a phonetic variant of this word.

The word mulɡi was widely recorded in Thane, Nashik, Nandurbar, Amravati, Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Osmanabad, and Kolhapur districts (similarly, it was elicited from the tribal communities in Palghar and Wardha districts).

The word dʰwaḍi mainly noted in southern Maharashtra. Similarly, it was noted in Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, and Raigad districts of the Konkan region and in Osmanabad, and Ahmednagar districts of the Marathwada region. Further, it was also recorded in the Thelari community of Dhule district. Phonetic variations of this word include dʰwəḍi, dʰuwaḍi, dʰaḍi, duhaḍi, dʰuḍo, dʰuwəḍi, etc.

porɡi was predominantly documented in the northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha regions. Further, it was also reported in Palghar, Raigad, and Solapur districts. por, poyri, posi, poši, poṭṭi, etc. phonetic variants were recorded for this word.

ḍikri was a word primarily reported in North Maharashtra for the concept of male ego’s brother’s daughter.

The word lek was (also) observed for a male ego’s brother’s daughter. It was reported in Palghar, Nashik, Amravati, Raigad, Solapur, Latur, Nanded, and Osmanabad districts. For this word, lyek, lekis, leki, lekri, etc. were documented as its phonetic variants.

The word sohəri was reported in the Katkari community of Raigad District.

beṭi was noted in the Muslim community of Sindhudurg district for male ego’s brother's daughter.

The word čʰori was recorded in the Pawra community of Jalgaon district for this concept.