nkawm

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *ŋgjowᴰ (“pair”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nkawm

  1. a couple, a pair (of things)

Classifier[edit]

nkawm

  1. classifier used for pairs of objects
    ib nkawm khau ― a pair of shoes

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 153.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 277.
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