Abbreviations
| BBZXB |
Qin Gong 秦公 and Liu Daxin 劉大新, Bei biezi xinbia 碑别字新編 |
| CT |
Central Tai |
| CTSB |
Thomas John Hudak, William J. Gedney’s Comparative Tai Source Book |
| DHSZD |
Huang Zheng 黄征, Dunhuang suzi dian 敦煌俗字典 |
| Dian-Qian-Gui |
Yu Shengxiang 于勝祥 et al., Dian-Gui-Qian kasite diqu zhongzi zhiwu minglu 滇桂黔卡斯特地區種子植物名錄 |
| EM |
Early Mandarin |
| EMC |
Early Middle Chinese |
| GDZhWZh |
Guangdong zhiwu zhi 廣東植物志 |
| GXKChML |
Zhang Yongqiang 張永強 et al., Guangxi kunchong minglu 廣西昆蟲名錄 |
| GY |
Guangyun jiaoben 廣韻校本, ed. Zhou Zumo 周祖謨 |
| HCT |
Li Fang-kuei, A Handbook of Comparative Tai |
| HV |
Hán-Việt |
| HYDZD |
Hanyu dazidian 漢語大字典 |
| HZCH |
Han-Zhuang cihui 漢壯詞彙 Sawloih Gun-Cuengh |
| incl. |
including |
| IPA |
International Phonetic Alphabet |
| LHY |
Xinbian La-Han-Ying zhiwu mingcheng 新編拉漢英植物名稱 |
| LMC |
Late Middle Chinese |
| Li |
Li Lianjin 李連進, Pinghua yinyun yanjiu 平話音韻研究 |
| MC |
Middle Chinese |
| MSC |
Modern Standard Chinese |
| Mapping the OZS |
Holm, Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script |
| MYY |
Meng Yuanyao, fieldwork, various dates |
| NT |
Northern Tai |
| Pb |
Pulleyblank, Lexicon of Reconstructed Pronunciation in Early Middle Chinese, Late Middle Chinese, and Early Mandarin |
| PH |
Pinghua |
| PT |
Proto-Tai |
| Snd |
Gu Zhuangzi zidian 古壯字字典 Sawndip sawdenj |
| SWM |
Southwestern Mandarin |
| SWT |
Southwestern Tai |
| St.Zh. |
Standard Zhuang |
| SYSZP |
Liu Fu 劉復 and Li Jiarui 李家瑞, Song Yuan yilai suzi pu 宋元以來俗字譜 |
| Yinxi |
Zhuangyu fangyan tuyu yinxi 壯語方言土語音系 |
| YTZZD |
Jiaoyubu Yitizi zidian 教育部異體字字典 |
| ZHCH |
Zhuang-Han cihui 壯漢詞彙 Sawloih Cuengh-Gun |
| ZhYFYYJ |
Zhang Junru 張均如 et al., Zhuangyu fangyan yanjiu 壯語方言研究 |
| Zhzh |
Zheng-Zhang Shangfang 鄭張尚芳, Shanggu yinxi 上古音系 |
| Ch. |
Chinese |
| clf |
classifier |
| ftnt. |
footnote |
| mim.suff. |
mimetic suffix |
| mw |
measure word |
| onom. |
onomatopoeia |
| sbdy |
somebody |
| sthg |
something |
| vi |
intransitive verb |
| vm |
verbal measure word |
| vt |
transitive verb |
| XS series |
Xiesheng 諧聲 series (graphic-phonetic series) |
| Zh. |
Zhuang |