hniav

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hmjinX (“tooth”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n̥iə̯˧˦/

Noun

hniav (classifier: tus)

tooth

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 69-70.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 275.

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