Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/l-pənᴬ

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

From Proto-Kra-Dai *lipan. Compare Proto-Austronesian *lipən.

Noun

*l-pənᴬ

1. tooth

Descendants

• Lachi
  • Lachi (Tân Lợi): fi⁴³
  • Lachi (Jinchang): si⁵⁵
• Gelao
  • Telue
    • Gelao (Fengyan): di³¹ pi³⁵
    • Gelao (Yueliangwan): di³¹ pi³⁵
    • Gelao (Wantao): pjaŋ³¹
    • Gelao (Niupo): plaŋ³¹
    • Gelao (Judu): plɑŋ³¹
  • Hakhi
    • Gelao (Zhenfeng): mo⁴² pe⁴²
    • Gelao (Sanchong): m̩⁵⁴ pe⁵³
    • Gelao (Heijiaoyan): pɛ⁴⁴
  • Qau
    • Gelao (Dagouchang): pan³³
    • Gelao (Wanzi): pan³³
  • Vandu
    • Red Gelao (Vietnam): ki³¹ buŋ⁵⁵

Primarily a 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.