qaum
White Hmong
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hmong *ɢuwᴰ (“back (of body)”).[1] Note similarities to Old Chinese 後 (OC *ɢoːʔ, *ɢoːs, “back; after”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editqaum
- (in compounds) the back
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 259.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.