ub

Blagar edit

Noun edit

ub

sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

References edit

Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 134

Western Xiangxi Miao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong *ʔuŋᴬ. From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔu̯əm. Cognate with Iu Mien uom.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʔu˦˥/

Noun edit

ub

(Jiwei) water

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Looks a bit like it's borrowed from Chinese 迂 (yū, “far; wide; circuitous”). or Middle Chinese 遙 (MC yew, “far, distant”).”

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʔu˥/

Adjective edit

ub

of an extreme limit:
1. distant past
2. far away

Derived terms edit

pem ub (“up and beyond; way up there (up the hill, up north)”)
thaum ub (“a long time ago; before”)
tsaib ub (“the year before last year”)

References edit

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 5.