Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/ljep

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

Alternative reconstructions

*ljəp

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lyap

Noun

*ljep

lightning

Descendants

Hmongic
- Pa Hng
  - Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: je⁴²
  - Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: ɕe³¹mpo³⁵
- North Hmongic
  - West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: ljɑ²²so³⁵
  - East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: ho⁵⁵san¹³
- East Hmongic
  - North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: lji³¹ho³³
  - East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: ho³³ɕen³³
  - South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: lja²⁴fu¹³
  - West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: lje⁵³
- Sheic
  - Younuo 优诺: jo²¹y²¹
  - Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: hu⁴⁴kli⁴⁴ŋklai⁵⁵
  - Bana 巴那: ljen⁵³fu¹³
  - She - Xiashuicun 下水村: sjet³⁵
- West Hmongic
  - Bunu
    - Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ntsa³¹məŋ⁴²pʰɔ³³
    - Nunu - Xishan 西山: zoŋ²²miat⁴⁴
    - Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: tsei⁵⁵
  - Core
    - East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: lje³³
    - West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: le³¹
    - Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: sʰə²⁴le⁵⁵
    - Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: so²²ɭe²¹
    - A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: so⁵⁵pi¹¹lɦai¹¹ndɦaɯ³⁵
    - Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: lai²⁴so⁴³

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