nyuam

White Hmong

Etymology

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Particularly: “Maybe sound-symbolic along similar lines as me? Or maybe imitative of suckling noises made by little children?”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲuə̯˩̰/

Noun

nyuam

a child, baby, kid

Adverb

nyuam

being small

Derived terms

me nyuam

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 222.