Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/NKan

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (Imperata cylindrica)

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: so³¹qa⁰³ŋe³⁵
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: qa⁰³nuŋ³⁵
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: qo³⁵ntsʰɯ⁴⁴
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: tsʰɯ⁵⁵
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: qɛ³³
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: njaŋ²²qei²⁴
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: tam¹³qa¹³
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: mjaŋ⁵⁵qei⁴⁴
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: ŋo⁴⁴
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: ŋkan⁴⁴lau³¹
 * Bana 巴那: sai¹³mo³¹³tsʰo³⁵
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: kaŋ²²
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²ŋko³³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: ko²²ko³³
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: kjaŋ¹³ntje⁵⁵
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: ʔa⁰²mbo³¹
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²mbo³¹
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: ŋqĩ²⁴
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: ŋkæn³²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: tɬau⁵⁵ŋqɯ⁵⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: ŋqen⁴³
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): gaːn³³
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): gaŋ³³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): gaːn³⁵
 * Fanghai (Tansan): gaːn¹³
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: gaːn³³
 * Luoxiang: gaːn³³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: gwan³³
 * Shikou: meu⁵⁵klœ³³
 * Niuweizhai: kan³³tsʰiŋ³³mja⁵³
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴gɔn⁴⁴