Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/qʷuw
Proto-Hmong-Mien
editAlternative reconstructions
editOstapirat (2016)[1] reconstructs *klˠ- as the initial.
Etymology
editCompare 迂 (OC *qʷ(r)a). Kosaka (2002) suggests cognacy with Kra-Dai.[2]
Adjective
edit*qʷuw
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Ostapirat, Weera (2016) “Issues in the Reconstruction and Affiliation of Proto-Miao-Yao”, in Language and Linguistics[1], volume 17, number 1, , pages 133–145
- ^ Kosaka, Ryuichi (2002) “On the affiliation of Miao-Yao and Kadai: Can we posit the Miao-Dai family?”, in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal[2], volume 32, pages 71-100
- 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)