Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ɢʷəm (Proto-Sino-Tibetan noun) unrecognized linkage prefix: Proto-Tai: *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”) (whence Thai หมี (mǐi), Lao ໝີ (mī)), recorded in Chinese literature as 羋 / 芈 (*meʔ), the ancestral name of the Chu state rulers. desc=Proto-Tai rest=*ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”) (whence Thai หมี (mǐi), Lao ໝີ (mī)), recorded in Chinese literature as 羋 / 芈 (*meʔ), the ancestral name of the Chu state rulers. cls=romanization cls2=other e1=False e2=False Path: Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ɢʷəm
Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/r-məwk-s (Proto-Sino-Tibetan adjective) unrecognized linkage prefix: Proto-Tai: *ʰmɯəjᴬ (“hoarfrost”) - some reflexes of this ST etymon also mean "frost, dew" (e.g. Yangjiang dialect of Yue Chinese); a confusion of coldness-related natural phenomena in tropical languages similarly occurred in Vietnamese sương. desc=Proto-Tai rest=*ʰmɯəjᴬ (“hoarfrost”) - some reflexes of this ST etymon also mean "frost, dew" (e.g. Yangjiang dialect of Yue Chinese); a confusion of coldness-related natural phenomena in tropical languages similarly occurred in Vietnamese sương. cls=romanization cls2=other e1=False e2=False Path: Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/r-məwk-s
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