Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/hup

This Proto-Hmong-Mien entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Hmong-Mien

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 欱 (MC xop|xeap, “to drink”)，the latter likely related to 喝 (MC 'aejH|xat).[1]

Verb

*hup

  1. to drink

Descendants

  • White Hmong: haus

References

  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 107; 274.
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