nkag siab

White Hmong

Etymology

nkag (“to crawl, go beneath”) +‎ siab (“liver”), literally “to enter the liver (metaphorical heart)”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵑɡa˧˩̤.ʂiə̯˥/

Verb

nkag siab

1. to understand

   Koj puas nkag siab? ― Do you understand?

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 151.