Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/mbræu

This Proto-Hmong-Mien 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-Hmong-Mien

Etymology

Compare Kra-Dai(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Which Kra-Dai forms?”)

Noun

*mbræu

ear

Descendants

Hmongic
- Pa Hng
  - Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: qʰoŋ³¹njo³³
  - Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: mpjo³³
- North Hmongic
  - West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: ʈoŋ³¹mʐɯ³¹
  - East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: ki⁰³dju³³mɯ³¹
- East Hmongic
  - North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: qa³³zɛ⁵⁵
  - East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: qa³³njei²²
  - South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: ȵei³¹
  - West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: pei¹³me⁵⁵
- Sheic
  - Younuo 优诺: kʰə⁴⁴mui¹³
  - Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: mpja³³
  - Bana 巴那: ka⁰³bja³¹³
  - She - Xiashuicun 下水村: ka⁰³kʰuŋ⁵⁵
- West Hmongic
  - Bunu
    - Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: kʰaŋ⁵³mpjə¹³
    - Nunu - Xishan 西山: tɕi¹³pjə⁴²
    - Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: mpjai⁵⁵
  - Core
    - East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: ʔa⁰²mbji³¹
    - West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²mbji³¹
    - Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: qə⁰²mplɛ⁵⁵
    - Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: mpʐæ⁵³
    - A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: ʔa⁵⁵mbɦə³⁵
    - Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: ntʂe³¹
      - White Hmong: ntsej
Mienic
- Mien
  - Guangdian (Jiangdi): mu³¹noːm³¹
  - Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): n̩³¹nɔŋ³¹
- Kim Mun
  - Diangui (Liangzi): bu³³nɔm³³
  - Fanghai (Tansan): bu³³nɔm³³
- Biao Mon
  - Changping: bə³¹kjəu³³
  - Luoxiang: pa³¹tɕeu³³
- Biao Min
  - Dongshan: blau³¹kau⁴²tsaŋ³⁵
  - Shikou: pæ⁵⁵kæ³⁵
  - Niuweizhai: pɣɯ⁵³kɣɯ³³
- Dzao Min (Daping): biu⁵³kɔi²⁴

References

Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.
Chen, Qiguang (陈其光) (2013) Miao Yao yuwen (苗瑶语文), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社), →ISBN
Mao, Zongwu (毛宗武) (2004) Yaozu Mianyu fangyan yanjiu (瑤族勉语方言研究), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社)