npua
White Hmong edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (“pig”). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (“id”), whence perhaps Old Chinese 豝 (OC *praː, “sow”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
npua
Derived terms edit
- nqaij npuas (“pork”)
References edit
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 38-9; 278.