Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/cuːʔ

Etymology 1
From.

In most Mường lects, this word has been replaced by a word derived from Chinese (see Nguyễn Văn Tài's Ngữ âm tiếng Mường qua các phương ngôn ("the Phonetics of the Mường dialects"), pg. 190). For example, the Mường Bi lect has as the chief word for "grandchild", while  means "son-in-law". The similar situation is seen with the words "meat" and "clean": Mường lects having (< ) and  (< ) or similar forms, while Vietnamese keeps  and  respectively.

Noun

 * 1) grandchild

Descendants

 * Chut:
 * Rục: cuː³
 * Sách: cuː³
 * Kha Pong: cuː³
 * Malieng: cuː³
 * Proto-Pong: *caw³
 * Liha: caw³
 * Phong: caw³
 * Toum: caw³
 * Thavung: coː³
 * Tho:
 * Cuối Chăm: caw³
 * Làng Lỡ: cuː³
 * Viet-Muong:
 * Muong:
 * Bi:

Noun

 * 1) father's younger brother

Descendants

 * Proto-Pong: *caw³
 * Liha: cow³
 * Phong: cuː³
 * Viet-Muong: