qub
See also: QUB
White Hmong edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qu̯oH (“old”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 故 (MC kuH, “old, former”).[1] Cognate with Iu Mien gox.[2]
Adjective edit
qub
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Hmong *qɛŋᴬ (“star”).[3]
Noun edit
qub
- 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.