Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/kruk

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k-ruk. Benedict (1987) reconstructs *truk for "Donor-Miao-Yao" (the Tibeto-Burman language that was the source of the Proto-Hmong-Mien word).[1]

Numeral[edit]

*kruk

  1. six

Descendants[edit]

  • White Hmong: rau

References[edit]

  1. ^ Benedict, Paul K. (1987) “Early MY/TB loan relationships”, in Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area‎[1], volume 10, number 2, pages 12-21.
  • 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)
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