niam
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Atong (India)[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Sanskrit नियम (niyama).
Noun[edit]
niam
References[edit]
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
White Hmong[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Hmong *minᴰ (“female”).[1] Despite phonetic similarity of the descendant forms of both Proto-Hmongic and Proto-Sinitic, likely not related to Chinese 女 (nǚ, “woman”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
niam
- mother, woman
- an older female relative
- (Christianity) nun
- (Religion) a female member of religious community
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 41; 277.