Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/N-cæwH

Etymology
Compare Austroasiatic.

Noun

 * , breeze

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: ʔaŋ³⁵tɕi⁵⁵
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: ʔaŋ³⁵tɕi⁵⁵
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: ci⁵³
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: tɕi³³
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: tɕin⁴⁴
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: tɕin⁴⁴
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: tɕi⁴⁴
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: tɕi³³
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: kji⁵⁴
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: tʃi³⁵
 * Bana 巴那: tɕi³⁵
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: ki³³
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²tɕi⁴²
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: zəm⁴² (Tai loanword)
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: tɕi⁴⁴
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: ʔa⁰²tɕi²⁴
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: tɕi³⁵
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: tɕa⁴²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: tɕa³³
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: tɕua⁴⁴
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): dzjaːu²⁴
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): dzja³⁵
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): ȡaːu⁴⁴
 * Fanghai (Tansan): ȡaːu³³⁵
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: dzjau³⁵
 * Luoxiang: dʑau³⁵
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: hja²⁴
 * Shikou: jau⁴⁴
 * Niuweizhai: hja⁴⁴
 * Dzao Min (Daping): dzau⁴²
 * Dzao Min (Daping): dzau⁴²