Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/qʷuw

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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]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Ostapirat (2016)[1] reconstructs *klˠ- as the initial.

Etymology[edit]

Compare 迂 (OC *qʷ(r)a). Kosaka (2002) suggests cognacy with Kra-Dai.[2]

Adjective[edit]

*qʷuw

  1. far

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ostapirat, Weera (2016) “Issues in the Reconstruction and Affiliation of Proto-Miao-Yao”, in Language and Linguistics‎[1], volume 17, number 1, →DOI, pages 133–145
  2. ^ Kosaka, Ryuichi (2002) “On the affiliation of Miao-Yao and Kadai: Can we posit the Miao-Dai family?”, in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal‎[2], volume 32, pages 71-100
  • 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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