kuv
Iu Mien edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kuv
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *kɛŋᴮ (“I, me”). Cognate with Biao-Jiao Mien kəu³.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
kuv
Usage notes edit
Context clarifies whether the word is used to mean "I" or the possessive "my".
References edit
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 217.