White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hmein (vine), possibly related to Old Chinese (OC *moːn, *mons).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hmab

  1. vine, creeper

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 40; 275.