qaum
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *ɢuwᴰ (“back (of body)”).[1] Note similarities to Old Chinese 後 (OC *ɢoːʔ, *ɢoːs, “back; after”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
qaum
- (in compounds) the back
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 259.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.