nkag siab

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

nkag (“to crawl, go beneath”) +‎ siab (“liver”), literally “to enter the liver (metaphorical heart)”.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ᵑɡa˧˩̤.ʂiə̯˥/

Verb[edit]

nkag siab

  1. to understand
    Koj puas nkag siab? ― Do you understand?

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 151.
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