zoov
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *-ʔrɔŋᴮ (“forest”).[1] Note similarities to Old Chinese 林 (OC *ɡ·rɯm).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zoov
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 441.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 286.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25