Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/ʔaɯꟲ

This Proto-Kra 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-Kra

Etymology

Compare Proto-Mienic *ʔa^B (Ratliff, 2010), Proto-Khmuic *ʔah (Sidwell, 2013)

Noun

*ʔaɯꟲ

1. meat, flesh

Descendants

• Lachi
  • Lachi (Tân Lợi): ʔɔ²²
  • Lachi (Jinchang): o⁴⁴
• Gelao
  • Telue
    • Gelao (Fengyan): a³³
    • Gelao (Wantao): u⁵⁵
    • Gelao (Yueliangwan): a³³
    • Gelao (Niupo): ʔvu³³
    • Gelao (Judu): ʔu³⁵
    • Gelao (Moji): u⁵³
  • Hakhi (note the initial ɲ-)
    • Gelao (Zhenfeng): ȵau³⁵
    • Gelao (Sanchong): ɲaw³³
    • Gelao (Heijiaoyan): ȵɑu⁴⁴
  • Qau
    • Gelao (Wanzi): ɒ⁵⁵
  • A'ou
    • Gelao (Bigong): u⁵⁵
    • Gelao (Hongfeng): ʔo³⁵
    • Gelao, Hongfeng: ʔo⁵⁵
    • Mulao: u³³
  • Vandu
    • Red Gelao: ʔo¹³, u³⁵
    • Red Gelao (Vietnam): o³⁵
• Qabiao: ʔiau³³
  • Qabiao (Phó Là): ʔjaw³
• Laha
  • Laha (Ta Mit): nɔ²⁴ (Tai loanword)
  • Laha (Noong Lay): aul⁴² (note the final -l)
• Buyang
  • Buyang (Langjia): uə²⁴
  • Buyang (Ecun): ʔuə³²
  • En (Nung Ven): ʔau³³²
  • Paha: ʔaau⁴⁵

References

• Ostapirat, Weera (2000) “Proto-Kra”, in Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area‎^[1], volume 23, number 1, pages 1-251.
• Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.