dev mub

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[1] Seems to be a compound of dev (dog) + an element of uncertain interpretation mub, probably meaning "the fleas (that live on dogs).”

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dev mub (classifier: tus)

  1. flea

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 131.