Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/douˣ

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 Proto-Sino-Tibetan *duk 'to burn, kindle' (Matisoff, 2015)

Noun

*douˣ

fire

Descendants

Hmongic
- Pa Hng
  - Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: qa⁰³tau¹¹
  - Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: qa⁰³teu¹¹
- North Hmongic
  - West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: pji⁴⁴tə²²
  - East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: bo³³da⁵⁵
- East Hmongic
  - North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: tu¹¹
  - East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: to²¹²
  - South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: ta²⁴¹
  - West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: to²¹
- Sheic
  - Younuo 优诺: teu³²
  - Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: tau³¹
  - Bana 巴那: to³¹
  - She - Xiashuicun 下水村: tʰɔ⁵³
- West Hmongic
  - Bunu
    - Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²to²³¹
    - Nunu - Xishan 西山: tʰo⁴⁴
    - Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: to⁵³
  - Core
    - East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: qo⁰⁵zo⁵⁵
    - West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²ðo⁵⁵
    - Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: tə³¹
    - Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: tɯ¹¹
    - A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: dey³³
    - Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: teu²¹
Mienic
- Mien
  - Guangdian (Jiangdi): tou²³¹
  - Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): təu²³²
- Kim Mun
  - Diangui (Liangzi): tou³²
  - Fanghai (Tansan): ʔtɔu³¹
- Biao Mon
  - Changping: tau¹²¹
  - Luoxiang: tou²¹³
- Biao Min
  - Dongshan: təu⁴²
  - Shikou: teu³¹
  - Niuweizhai: tʰu⁴³³
- Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴tu⁴⁴

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)