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Proto-Hmong-Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-bru(ŋ/k) (Matisoff, 2015)
Noun
*mpu̯ə
- thunder
Descendants
- Hmongic
- Pa Hng
- Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: mo³⁵
- Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: ʑe⁵⁵mpo³⁵
- North Hmongic
- West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: tɑ³⁵so³⁵
- East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: səɯ⁵³
- East Hmongic
- North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: ho³³
- East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: hou²⁴
- South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: pu⁴⁴fu¹³
- West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: heɯ⁴⁴
- Sheic
- Younuo 优诺: ku⁵⁵kwaŋ⁴⁴
- Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: hu⁴⁴jak⁵⁵
- Bana 巴那: fu¹³
- She - Xiashuicun 下水村: pje⁵⁵fu²²kʰɔ³⁵
- West Hmongic
- Bunu
- Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²pʰɔ³³
- Nunu - Xishan 西山: pʰo³³
- Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: pʰo³³
- Core
- East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: tə⁰²su³¹
- West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²su³¹
- Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: sʰə²⁴
- Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: so²²
- A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: so⁵⁵
- Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: so⁴³
- Mienic
- Mien
- Guangdian (Jiangdi): bwo²³¹
- Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): bu³¹kəu⁵³
- Kim Mun
- Diangui (Liangzi): bu³³kɔŋ³⁵
- Fanghai (Tansan): bu³³kɔːŋ³⁵
- Biao Mon
- Changping: bu³³
- Luoxiang: bu³³
- Biao Min
- Shikou: dœn⁵⁵bu⁴⁴
- Niuweizhai: pɯ⁵³kɔŋ³³
- Dzao Min (Daping): bjau⁴⁴kɔŋ⁴⁴
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)