Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/hup

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Proto-Hmong-Mien

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC xop|xeap, “to drink”),the latter likely related to (MC 'aejH|xat).[1]

Verb

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*hup

  1. to drink

Descendants

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  • White Hmong: haus

References

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  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 107; 274.