Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/C-tʃuŋᴬ

This Proto-Kra 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-Kra

Noun

*C-tʃuŋᴬ

1. tooth

Descendants

• Gelao
  • A'ou
    • Gelao (Bigong): ma⁵⁵ huai³³
    • Gelao (Hongfeng): ma⁴² huaŋ⁴², ma⁴³ huaŋ⁴³
    • Mulao: li²⁴ suŋ²⁴
• Laha
  • Laha (Ta Mit): suŋ⁴²
  • Laha (Noong Lay): tuŋ⁴², cuŋ³
• Qabiao: suaŋ⁵³
  • Qabiao (Phó Là): swang¹
• Buyang
  • Buyang (Langjia): qa⁰ ɕɔŋ⁵⁴
  • Buyang (Yalang): tsuə⁵³
  • Buyang (Ecun): ʔa⁰ θoːŋ²⁴
  • Paha: dɯ³³ ȵaaŋ¹¹, jɔŋ³²²

Primarily a Southern Kra form. Also occurs in A'ou Gelao.

References

• Ostapirat, Weera (2000) “Proto-Kra”, in Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area‎^[1], volume 23, number 1, pages 1-251.
• Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.