kws

White Hmong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɨ˩/

Noun

kws

1. corn, maize

Derived terms

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

 

References

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