Wiktionary

phuam

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Chinese 帕 (pà, “headscarf; to wrap”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

phuam (classifier: daim)

  1. a cloth, a rag
  2. a towel
  3. a turban
    (specifically) the black cloth headdress worn by Hmong women as a kind of turban

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 246.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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