plab

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *plaŋᴬ (“stomach”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pˡa˥/

Noun

plab (classifier: lub)

Derived terms

plab hlaub (“the calf of the leg”)
tshaib plab (“to be hungry”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 247.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.

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