White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *drouH (chopsticks), borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC trjoH|drjoH, “chopsticks”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rawg (classifier: txwm)

  1. chopsticks
    kais rawgto push food into the mouth using chopsticks

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 276.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 185; 282.