Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/N-ɟuə

Alternative reconstructions
Ostapirat (2016) reconstructs *d.gˠ- as the initial.

Etymology
From. Benedict (1987) reconstructs *t-guᴬ for "Donor-Miao-Yao" (the Tibeto-Burman language that was the source of the Proto-Hmong-Mien word).