nyob
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *ʔɲəŋᴬ (“to be at, to live”). Related to Proto-Hmong *jəŋᶜ (“to be”) (whence yog (“to be”)), as well as probably Proto-Mien *ʔjəmᴬ (“to be at, to live”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nyob
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 161; 212; 280.