Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/tsji̯əu

Etymology
Compare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m/s-kri(y)-s (Matisoff, 2015)

Noun

 * , bile

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: ʔa⁰³tɕei³⁵
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: la⁰³ʑiŋ³⁵
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: qo³⁵tɕi³⁵
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: kʰu⁵⁵tan¹³
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: ɕin³³
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: tsi¹³
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: tsei¹³
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: ɕi⁴⁴
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: tsi⁴⁴
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: təu⁵⁵
 * Bana 巴那: la⁰⁴tɕi¹³
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: tsi²²
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: tɕi³³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: ko²²ʔpi³³
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: tsi³³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: kʰu⁵⁵tɛ⁵⁵
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: tə⁰²tse³¹
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: sĩ⁴²
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: sei³²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: tʂʅ⁵⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: tʂi⁴³