Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/m-nɔk

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This Proto-Hmong-Mien 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-Hmong-Mien

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Etymology

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Cognate with Proto-Tai *C̬.nokᴰ (bird), Proto-Austronesian *manuk (bird).[1]

Noun

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*m-nɔk

  1. bird (animal)

Descendants

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  • Proto-Hmong: *m-nɔŋᶜ
    • Pa-Hng
      • Pa-Hng (Gundong): /taŋ³⁵ moŋ⁴⁴/
      • Pa-Hng (Wenjie): /tɔ̃³⁵ mõ⁴⁴/
      • Pa-Hng (Huxingshan): /taŋ³⁵ nuŋ³¹/
    • (Main branch)
      • Jiongnai
        • Jiongnai (Longhua): /nɔuŋ²²/
        • Jiongnai (Liuxiang): /nɔ²¹/
      • Ho Ne (She)
      • (Core Hmongic)
        • West Hmongic (Chuanqiandian)
        • North Hmongic (Qo Xiong)
        • East Hmongic (Hmu)
  • Proto-Mien: *nɔkᴰ
    • Biao Mìn
    • Iu Mien: norqc
    • Zao Min

References

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  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 58; 235; 277.