Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/luᴮ

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

*luᴮ

1. earth, ground, soil

Descendants

• Gelao
  • Telue
    • Gelao (Wantao): lu³⁵
    • Gelao (Niupo): lu³⁵
    • Gelao (Judu): pa⁴² ljuŋ⁴²
  • Hakhi
    • Gelao (Zhenfeng): tu⁴² lu⁴²
    • Gelao (Sanchong): tu⁵³ lu³¹
  • A'ou
    • Gelao (Hongfeng): pa⁴² ljuŋ⁴²
    • Mulao: ɬu³¹
  • Vandu
    • Red Gelao (Vietnam): laŋ³⁵

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.