Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/monᴬ

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

*monᴬ

1. rain

Descendants

• Lachi
  • Lachi (Tân Lợi): ɲɑ²³
  • Lachi (Jinchang): ȵaŋ³⁵
• Gelao
  • Telue
    • Gelao (Fengyan): mən³⁵
    • Gelao (Wantao): man³¹, ma³¹
    • Gelao (Yueliangwan): mən³⁵
    • Gelao (Niupo): man³¹
    • Gelao (Judu): man³¹
    • Gelao (Moji): man³¹
  • Hakhi
    • Gelao (Zhenfeng): mɯŋ³¹ mau³⁵
    • Gelao (Sanchong): mən³¹
    • Gelao (Heijiaoyan): men³¹
  • Qau
    • Gelao (Dagouchang): mei³³
    • Gelao (Wanzi): mei⁴⁴ zau⁴⁴
  • A'ou
    • Gelao (Bigong): mi(e)³¹
    • Gelao (Hongfeng): min³¹
    • Mulao: me³¹
  • Vandu
    • Red Gelao (Vietnam): mi⁵⁵

Northern Kra form. The Southern Kra form is *jalᴬ.

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.