Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/qʷuw

This Proto-Hmong-Mien 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-Hmong-Mien

Etymology

Compare (OC *qʷ(r)a). Kosaka (2002) suggests cognacy with Kra-Dai.[1]

Adjective

*qʷuw

  1. far

Alternative reconstructions

Ostapirat (2016)[2] reconstructs *klˠ- as the initial.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kosaka, Ryuichi (2002), “On the affiliation of Miao-Yao and Kadai: Can we posit the Miao-Dai family?”, in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal[1], volume 32, pages 71-100
  2. ^ Ostapirat, Weera (2016), “Issues in the Reconstruction and Affiliation of Proto-Miao-Yao”, in Language and Linguistics[2], volume 17, number 1, →DOI, pages 133–145
  • Ratliff, Martha (2010), Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.
  • Chen, Qiguang (陈其光) (2013), Miao Yao yuwen (苗瑶语文), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社), →ISBN
  • Mao, Zongwu (毛宗武) (2004), Yaozu Mianyu fangyan yanjiu (瑤族勉语方言研究), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社)