Wiktionary

qwj

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong *ɢʉᴬ (“snail”), likely borrowed from Middle Chinese 蝸 (MC kwea|kwae, “id”). Compare also Proto-Mien *kʷlejᴬ (“id”), *klu̯eiᴬ/ᴮ (“id”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

qwj (classifier: tus, lub)

  1. a snail

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 268.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 103; 282.
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