White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hnɔn (grain head, bag); possibly related to Old Chinese (OC *naːŋ, “sack, bag”), which, if related, borrowed only the derived "bag" sense from Hmong-Mien rather than the "head of grain" sense.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hnab (classifier: lub)

  1. bag, sack, sheath

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 69.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 57; 242; 275.