Compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Austronesian *Cumay (“Formosan black bear”), Old Chinese 羋 (OC *meʔ). *<span class="searchmatch">ʰmwɯjᴬ</span> (Pittayaporn, 2009) bear <span class="searchmatch">Tai</span> Northern <span class="searchmatch">Tai</span> Zhuang: mui Bouyei:...
Old Chinese 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm), <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm, <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Mon-Khmer *[k]mum (“bear, black bear”), and <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Tai</span> *<span class="searchmatch">ʰmwɯjᴬ</span> (“bear”). *Cumay (Formosan)...
罴 (pí) (*pral, "brown bear"); 魋 (*duːl, "a bear-like animal") Proto-<span class="searchmatch">Tai</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">ʰmwɯjᴬ</span> (“bear”) (whence Thai หมี (mǐi), Lao ໝີ (mī)), recorded in Chinese literature...