Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/mjaᴬ

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

*mjaᴬ

1. hand

Descendants

• Lachi
  • Lachi (Tân Lợi): ʔm⁴⁵
  • Lachi (Jinchang): tɕuŋ¹³ m⁵⁵
• Gelao
  • Telue
    • Gelao (Fengyan): pa³³ mi⁵⁵
    • Gelao (Wantao): pa³⁵ mi³¹
    • Gelao (Yueliangwan): pa³³ mi³⁵
    • Gelao (Niupo): pa³¹ mi³¹
    • Gelao (Judu): pa³¹ mji³¹
    • Gelao (Moji): pa²⁴ mi³¹
  • Hakhi
    • Gelao (Zhenfeng): pəɯ¹³ mei³¹
    • Gelao (Sanchong): mej³¹
  • Qau
    • Gelao (Dagouchang): mpau⁵⁵
    • Gelao (Wanzi): mpau⁴⁴
  • A'ou
    • Gelao (Bigong): pha¹³ vəɯ³³
    • Gelao (Hongfeng): po⁴² po⁴²
    • Gelao, Hongfeng: po⁴³ po⁴³
    • Mulao: le²⁴ ȵo³¹
  • Vandu
• Qabiao: qa⁰ hmi²¹³
  • Qabiao (Phó Là): qami⁴, qami⁵
• Laha
  • Laha (Ta Mit): ɔn⁴² kə³³ ma³³
  • Laha (Noong Lay): pa³³ ma³³, ma²

Buyang has a different set of forms for 'hand':

• Buyang
  • Buyang (Langjia): ŋɛk¹¹
  • Buyang (Yalang): ka⁰ ȵiə³¹
  • Buyang (Ecun): ȵiak⁵⁵
  • Paha: ma³³ qɛ⁴⁵(³²²)
  • En (Nung Ven): pa²¹² ȵik³³

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.