hlwb
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *hlʉᴬ (“marrow, brains”); cognate with Old Chinese 髓 (OC *slolʔ, “marrow”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hlwb (classifier: cov)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 66.
- Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners[2], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 25.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 64; 274.