hlab
White Hmong edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hljaŋ (“sash, cord, rope”), possibly borrowed from Old Chinese 繩 (OC *ɦbljɯŋ, “string, cord”).[1]
Verb edit
hlab
Noun edit
hlab (classifier: txoj)
Derived terms edit
- hlab chaub (“abdominal muscles, gut muscles”)
- hlab hluas (“strands”)
- hlab noob qes (“vas deferens”)
- hlab ntawv (“the umbilical cord”)
- hlab ntshav (“blood vessel, vein”)
- hlab ntxhoo (“the embroidered ends of a Hmong woman's apron sash”)
- hlab nyiaj (“a sash with silver coins”)
- hlab pas (“the esophagus”)
- hlab siv (“the red sash on a Hmong woman's apron”)
- khaub hlab (“old clothing, rags”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Hmong *hlaŋᴬ (“to scald”), borrowed from Old Chinese 湯 (OC *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ, “hot liquid”).[2]
Verb edit
hlab
Adjective edit
hlab
References edit
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 263; 274.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 166; 274.