(2016) reconstructs *m.lˠ- as the initial. Probably from Old Chinese 舌. *<span class="searchmatch">mblet</span> tongue Hmongic Pa Hng Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: nei⁴² Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: ntʰei³¹...
(likely) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Hmong</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Mien</span> *<span class="searchmatch">mblet</span> (“tongue”) > White <span class="searchmatch">Hmong</span> nplaig (“tongue”) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Mon-Khmer *liət ~ lit (“to lick”) > Khmer លិទ្ធ (lɨt, “to lick”) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Dravidian...
/*mə.lat/ (B-S); /*ɦbljed/ (ZS) ("tongue") (likely) → <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Hmong</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Mien</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">mblet</span> (“tongue”) (> <span class="searchmatch">Hmong</span> (RPA): nplaig) Middle Chinese: 舌 (zyet) → Japanese: 舌...
Armenian, Latin) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European: *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”) (English lick, Latin lingō) <span class="searchmatch">Hmong</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Mien</span> <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Hmong</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Mien</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">mblet</span> (“tongue”) (<span class="searchmatch">Hmong</span> RPA nplaig) Tai-Kadai...