niam
Atong (India) edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Sanskrit नियम (niyama).
Noun edit
niam
References edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *minᴰ (“female”).[1] Despite phonetic similarity of the descendant forms of both Proto-Hmongic and Proto-Sinitic, likely not related to Chinese 女 (nǚ, “woman”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
niam
- mother, woman
- an older female relative
- (Christianity) nun
- (Religion) a female member of religious community
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 41; 277.