hlwb

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *hlʉᴬ (“marrow, brains”); cognate with Old Chinese 髓 (OC *slolʔ, “marrow”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hlwb (classifier: cov)

  1. brain
  2. marrow

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 66.
  • Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎[2], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 25.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 64; 274.
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