kws

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

Probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 穀 (MC kuwk, “grain, cereal”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kɨ˩/

Noun edit

kws

corn, maize

Derived terms edit

paj kws (“popcorn”)
plhaub kws (“corn husk”)
pob kws (“corn in general”)
quav kws (“corn stalks”)
txha kws (“corncob”)

References edit

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

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

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