Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/ŋuᴮ

This Proto-Kra 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-Kra

Etymology

Compare Vietnamese ngủ.

Verb

*ŋuᴮ

1. to sleep

Descendants

• Lachi
  • Lachi (Tân Lợi): ŋwi²²
  • Lachi (Jinchang): ȵi¹³
• Gelao
  • Telue
    • Gelao (Fengyan): ŋɯ³¹ qaɯ³¹
    • Gelao (Yueliangwan): ŋɯ³¹ qaɯ³¹
    • Gelao (Wantao): ŋu³⁵
    • Gelao (Niupo): ŋu³⁵
    • Gelao (Moji): ŋu²⁴
  • Hakhi
    • Gelao (Zhenfeng): ŋau⁴² ku⁴²
    • Gelao (Sanchong): ŋaw⁵³
  • Qau
    • Gelao (Dagouchang): ŋka³¹ ŋku¹³
    • Gelao (Wanzi): ŋka³¹
  • A'ou
    • Gelao (Bigong): ŋɔ³¹
    • Gelao (Hongfeng): ŋe¹³ hau¹³, ŋie¹³
    • Mulao: ȵi³³ xu⁵³
  • Vandu
    • Red Gelao: ŋoŋ³¹, ŋuŋ³¹

Northern Kra form.

References

• Ostapirat, Weera (2000) “Proto-Kra”, in Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area‎^[1], volume 23, number 1, pages 1-251.
• Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.