puav
White Hmong edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 蝠 (MC pjuwk, “bat”).[1]
Noun edit
puav (classifier: tus)
Etymology 2 edit
Determiner edit
puav
- some, occasional
- lub puav txiv tsawb ― some bananas
- to gather, bring together
- Puav npua los. ― Gather the pigs together.
- used in puav leej (“all, altogether”)
- used in puav pheej (“an article of evidence”)
References edit
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