White Hmong

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *phl-ᶜ (cheek, face).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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plhu (classifier: lub, sab)

  1. cheek
    Koj plhu liab tag lawm.Your face is red. (figuratively: You're blushing.)

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 254.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.