qub
See also: QUB
White Hmong
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Hmong-Mien *qu̯oH (“old”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 故 (MC kuH, “old, former”).[1] Cognate with Iu Mien gox.[2]
Adjective
editqub
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Hmong *qɛŋᴬ (“star”).[3]
Noun
editqub
- used in hnub qub (“star”)
References
edit- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 265.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 260; 281.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
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- White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien
- White Hmong terms borrowed from Middle Chinese
- White Hmong terms derived from Middle Chinese
- White Hmong lemmas
- White Hmong adjectives
- White Hmong terms with usage examples
- White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong
- White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong
- White Hmong nouns