Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/bi̯aŋ

Areal word. Compare Austroasiatic terms like Vietnamese bông, Tibeto-Burman terms like Burmese ပန်း (pan:), Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”), and Kra-Dai terms like Qabiao [script needed] (puŋ).

*bi̯aŋ

1. flower

• Hmongic
  • Pa Hng
    • Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: pai³³
    • Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: pei³³
  • North Hmongic
    • West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: pei³¹
    • East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: bei³¹
  • East Hmongic
    • North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: paŋ⁵⁵
    • East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: pan²²
    • South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: pan³¹
    • West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: pæ̃⁵⁵
  • Sheic
    • Younuo 优诺: pan¹³
    • Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: pen³³
    • She - Xiashuicun 下水村: pʰun³¹
  • West Hmongic
    • Bunu
      • Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: pe¹³
      • Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: pan⁵⁵
    • Core
      • East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: qo⁰⁵ven³¹
      • West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²wen³¹
      • Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: põ⁵⁵
      • Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: pua⁵³
      • A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: bɦaɯ³⁵
      • Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: paŋ³¹
        • White Hmong: paj
• Mienic
  • Mien
    • Guangdian (Jiangdi): pjaŋ³¹
    • Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): pjaŋ³¹
  • Kim Mun
    • Diangui (Liangzi): faŋ³³
    • Fanghai (Tansan): faŋ³³
  • Biao Mon
    • Changping: pwaŋ³¹
    • Luoxiang: pwaŋ³¹
  • Biao Min
    • Dongshan: pjaŋ³¹
    • Shikou: buŋ⁵⁵
    • Niuweizhai: pjaŋ⁵³
  • Dzao Min (Daping): pjaŋ⁵³

• Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 37; 280.
• Chen, Qiguang (陈其光) (2013) Miao Yao yuwen (苗瑶语文), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社), →ISBN
• Mao, Zongwu (毛宗武) (2004) Yaozu Mianyu fangyan yanjiu (瑤族勉语方言研究), Beijing: Minzu chubanshe (民族出版社)