yoov

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong *ʔjɔŋᴮ (“mosquito”).^[1] Possibly cognate with Middle Chinese 蠅 (MC ying, “fly”);^[2] compare also Thai ยุง (yung, “mosquito”), Lao ຍຸງ (nyung, “id”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʝɒ̃˧˦/

Noun edit

yoov

a generic name for flies and other fly-like insects:
1. mosquito
gnat
1. bug, insect

Derived terms edit

yoov mos ntsuab (“green bottle fly”)
yoov qaib (“sandfly, midge, gnat”)
yoov tshaj cum (“mosquito”)

References edit

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 429.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 285.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

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