diav rawg

White Hmong

Etymology

diav (“spoon”) +‎ rawg (“chopsticks”), literally “choptick-spoon”, as a fork resembles a spoon, but with chopstick-like prongs at its end.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diə̯˧˦.ʈaɨ̯˧˩̤/

Noun

diav rawg (classifier: rab)

1. a fork