dab neeg

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “Looks like a compound of dab (spirit) +‎ neeg (person), perhaps because the two most common beings in Hmong folklore are spirits and people. Alternatively, the name is because stories are a way for spirits to pass down their knowledge to their living descendants, generation by generation. Or perhaps there's another explanation along the same lines.”

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dab neeg (classifier: lus)

  1. folklore, tradition, legend
  2. story

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 29.