Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/kləuˣ

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

Etymology
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Noun

 * , path

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: qo³¹
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: tə⁰³qo³¹³
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: ne⁴⁴kɯ⁴⁴
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: nai³³kɯ⁵⁵
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: ki³⁵
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: kei³³
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: kei⁵³
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: ki¹³
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: kau³³
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: kja⁵³
 * Bana 巴那: kja⁴⁴
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: kja⁵⁵
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: kje⁵³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: ka³³tɕa³⁵
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: kjei¹³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: tə⁰²tɕi⁵⁵
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: tə⁰²tɕi⁵⁵
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: kɛ¹³
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: kæ⁴²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: tɕi⁵⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: ke⁵⁵
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): tɕau⁵²
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): kau⁵³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): kjau⁵⁴⁵
 * Fanghai (Tansan): kjau⁵⁵
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: kjau⁵³
 * Luoxiang: kjau⁵³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: kla³⁵
 * Shikou: klɔu³⁵
 * Niuweizhai: kɣau³⁵
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴tsu²⁴