White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong *hljæᴰ (young).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

hluas

  1. young
    hluas nkauj, hluas nraugyoung woman, young man
  2. single, without a significant other

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 271; 274.