Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/hləwˣ

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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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Jacques (2021) suggests a Sino-Tibetan origin.[1]

Noun

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*hləwˣ

  1. bamboo

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2021) “Chapter 11: Hmong-Mien and Rgyalrongic”, in Kupchik, John, Alonso de la Fuente, José Andrés, Miyake, Marc Hideo, editors, Studies in Asian Historical Linguistics, Philology and Beyond: Festschrift Presented to Alexander V. Vovin in Honor of His 60th Birthday[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 150–153

Further reading

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  • 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)