Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/ʈəmᴬ

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

Noun

*ʈəmᴬ

1. egg

Descendants

• Lachi
  • Lachi (Tân Lợi): taN⁴³ qɑ⁴³
  • Lachi (Jinchang): taŋ⁴⁴ qɛ⁵⁵
• Gelao
  • Telue
    • Gelao (Fengyan): tu³⁵
    • Gelao (Yueliangwan): du³⁵
    • Gelao (Wantao): tu⁵⁵, tuŋ³¹
    • Gelao (Niupo): pa³³ tuŋ⁵³
    • Gelao (Judu): qə⁰ duŋ³¹
    • Gelao (Moji): ka³¹ toŋ³¹
  • Hakhi
    • Gelao (Heijiaoyan): hen⁴³
  • A'ou
    • Gelao (Bigong): zai³³
    • Gelao (Hongfeng): ɕaŋ⁴² qhe⁴², laŋ³¹ ɕaŋ⁴³
    • Mulao: ʑe³¹
  • Vandu
    • Red Gelao (Vietnam): du⁵⁵
• Laha
  • Laha (Ta Mit): ma³³ tam³³
  • Laha (Noong Lay): tam⁴²
• Buyang
  • Buyang (Langjia): qa⁰ tam⁵⁴
  • Buyang (Ecun): tam²⁴
  • En (Nung Ven): tam²⁴³
  • Paha: ðam³²²

Hakei and Qabiao forms (not included) appear to be Tai loanwords.

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.