Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/N-cæwH

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 Austroasiatic.

Noun

*N-cæwH

1. wind, breeze

Descendants

• Hmongic
  • Pa Hng
    • Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: ʔaŋ³⁵tɕi⁵⁵
    • Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: ʔaŋ³⁵tɕi⁵⁵
  • North Hmongic
    • West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: ci⁵³
    • East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: tɕi³³
  • East Hmongic
    • North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: tɕin⁴⁴
    • East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: tɕin⁴⁴
    • South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: tɕi⁴⁴
    • West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: tɕi³³
  • Sheic
    • Younuo 优诺: kji⁵⁴
    • Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: tʃi³⁵
    • Bana 巴那: tɕi³⁵
    • She - Xiashuicun 下水村: ki³³
  • West Hmongic
    • Bunu
      • Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²tɕi⁴²
      • Nunu - Xishan 西山: zəm⁴² (Tai loanword)
      • Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: tɕi⁴⁴
    • Core
      • East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: ʔa⁰²tɕi²⁴
      • West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: tɕi³⁵
      • Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: tɕa⁴²
      • A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: tɕa³³
      • Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: tɕua⁴⁴
        • White Hmong: cua
• Mienic
  • Mien
    • Guangdian (Jiangdi): dzjaːu²⁴
    • Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): dzja³⁵
  • Kim Mun
    • Diangui (Liangzi): ȡaːu⁴⁴
    • Fanghai (Tansan): ȡaːu³³⁵
  • Biao Mon
    • Changping: dzjau³⁵
    • Luoxiang: dʑau³⁵
  • Biao Min
    • Dongshan: hja²⁴
    • Shikou: jau⁴⁴
    • Niuweizhai: hja⁴⁴
  • Dzao Min (Daping): dzau⁴²

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)