Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/bɔuˣ

Alternative reconstructions
Ostapirat (2016) reconstructs Proto-Mienic *bˠu.

Etymology
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Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: pu¹¹
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: pu¹¹
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: qo³⁵tɯ²²
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: ki⁰³bu³⁵
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: pi¹¹
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: pɛ²¹²
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: pai²⁴¹
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: poi²¹
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: tʰau³²
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: tʃa³¹
 * Bana 巴那: la⁰⁴kwa³¹
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: kʰwa⁵³
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: pe²³¹
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: pʰe⁴⁴
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: pa⁵³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: tə⁰²wei⁵⁵
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: tə⁰²we⁵⁵
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: kɛ³¹
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: ʂe¹¹
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: di³³
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: te²¹
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): pwo²³¹
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): pwə²³²
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): pu³²
 * Fanghai (Tansan): ʔpu³¹
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: pu¹²¹
 * Luoxiang: pu²¹³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: pau⁴²
 * Shikou: pɔu³¹
 * Niuweizhai: pʰəu⁴³³
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴pu⁴⁴

Ratliff (2010) attributes the variation in initial consonants to "prefix pre-emption."
 * Notes