Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/ntsjəuˣ

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

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa. Compare 鹺 (OC *N-[ts]ˤaj).

Noun

*ntsjəuˣ

salt

Descendants

Hmongic
- Pa Hng
  - Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: ȵo³¹
  - Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: ʔa⁰³ȵtɕo³¹³
- North Hmongic
  - West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: ȵtɕɯ⁴⁴
  - East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: zɯ⁵⁵
- East Hmongic
  - North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: ɕi³⁵
  - East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: pau¹³
  - South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: tsei⁵³
  - West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: pɔ¹¹ɕi¹³
- Sheic
  - Younuo 优诺: jau³²
  - Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: ntʃa³¹
  - Bana 巴那: dʑa⁴⁴
  - She - Xiashuicun 下水村: tsa⁵⁵
- West Hmongic
  - Bunu
    - Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ntse⁵³
    - Nunu - Xishan 西山: ɕa³⁵
    - Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: ntsei¹³
  - Core
    - East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: qo⁰⁵ntsei⁵⁵
    - West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²ntsi⁵⁵
    - Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: nzɛ¹³
    - Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: ntsæ⁴²
    - A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: ɳtʂə⁵⁵
    - Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: ntʂe⁵⁵
Mienic
- Mien
  - Guangdian (Jiangdi): dzau⁵²
  - Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): dzau⁵³
- Kim Mun
  - Diangui (Liangzi): dau⁵⁴⁵
  - Fanghai (Tansan): daːu⁵⁵
- Biao Mon
  - Changping: ðau⁵³
  - Luoxiang: dau⁵³
- Biao Min
  - Dongshan: dza³⁵
  - Shikou: tsɔu³⁵
  - Niuweizhai: tsau³⁵
- Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴dzjam⁵³

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)