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.

A number of deictic terms were recorded in the 'Survey of Dialects of the Marathi Language (SDML)' to refer to the space in front of the speaker.

They are as follows: səmor, səmur, səmbur, səmburə, səmbor, samor, səmuri, somor puḍʰe, puḍʰə, puḍə, purə, puḍe, puḍi, pʰuḍə, pʰuḍʰi, pʰuḍʰe, puḷʰe, puḍʰyat, purʰyat, puḍʰlya, samne, samni, mʰorə, mʰori, mʰuri, mohrə, aɡə, əɡaḍ, aɡaḍi, aɡo, munne dyeant, attə, toṇḍapuḍə, tonḍapudʰe, toṇḍala, mundari, humbur, hambuk sudya, sənmukʰ, apoǰiṭ, nəǰik, sṭeṭ, samnyawər, səməṅɡ, etc.

The words səmor and puḍʰe were recorded in almost all the districts of Maharashtra. səmor, səmur, səmbur, humbur, səmburə, səmbor, samor, samuri, somor phonetic variations were recorded for the word səmor. Similarly, puḍʰə, puḍə, purə, puḍo, puḍe, puḍi, pʰuḍə, pʰuḍʰi, pʰuḍʰe, puḷʰe, puḍʰyat, puḍyat, purʰyat, puḍʰlya variations were documented for puḍʰe. The word samne was observed sporadically across all districts of Maharashtra except Buldhana, Hingoli, Parbhani, and Washim. However, it is predominantly used in Gondia and Bhandara districts. The word mʰorə is used across a vast geographical area. However, it was widely used in: Shahuwadi taluka (Kolhapur district), Shirpur taluka (Dhule district), Dahanu and Talasari talukas (Palghar district), Latur district, Sangole and Solapur talukas (Solapur district), Wai taluka (Satara district), Malegaon taluka (Nashik district), Karjat, Alibag, Roha, and Murud talukas (Raigad district), Jamkhed taluka (Ahmednagar district), Umarga taluka (Osmanabad district), some part of Nanded district, Ner taluka (Yavatmal district), Tandalwali village (Chopda taluka, Jalgaon district), Shahapur taluka (Thane district), Mantha taluka (Jalna district) as well as Pune district. Similarly, the words əɡaḍ/aɡaḍi were documented in the tribal districts of Palghar and Nandurbar, which are adjacent to the state border of Gujarat. aɡə was recorded in Songir village in Dhule taluka of Dhule district and in Nirul village of Raver taluka in Jalgaon district. The word munne was recorded in the RajGond community of Yavatmal and Gondia districts. dyeant and attə were elicited from the Marathi-Portuguese bilinguals in Korlai village of Murud taluka in Raigad district. The word toṇḍapuḍə (= in front of mouth/face) was observed in the majority of the tribal villages of Nashik district and toṇḍala (= at the face/mouth) was reported in Malkapur village of Udgir taluka in Latur district. The word səmbur was recorded in Kathipada village of Surgana taluka in Nashik district; in Chinchpada village of Navapur taluka in Nandurbar district; in Mantha taluka of Jalna district, and in Beed and Parbhani districts.