plhu
White Hmong
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hmong *phl-ᶜ (“cheek, face”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- cheek
- Koj plhu liab tag lawm. ― Your face is red. (figuratively: You're blushing.)
References
edit- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 254.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.