hli

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hlaH (“moon, month”), borrowed from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s/g-la (“id”). Compare Old Chinese 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ, “evening”), Tibetan ཟླ་བ (zla ba, “moon, month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̥i˧/

Noun

hli (classifier: lub)

1. moon
2. month

Derived terms

• hli ntuj (“month”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 62.