puab

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White Hmong[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pæ (“molar tooth”).[1]

Noun[edit]

puab

  1. used in puab tsaig (“chin, jaw”)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *pæᴬ (“thigh”).[2]

Noun[edit]

puab

  1. used in ncej puab (“thigh, upper leg”)

Etymology 3[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Borrowed from Chinese 鋪／铺 (pū, “to spread out; to pave”)?”

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

puab

  1. to mold or form with the hands
    Nws muab av puab coj los ua ib tug nlom. ― He made an idol out of earth.
    Puab ua ncuav. ― (...) made rice cakes.

Etymology 4[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to Etymology 3? Borrowed from Chinese 普 (pǔ, “universal”)?”

Adjective[edit]

puab

  1. close to, in close relationship with

Verb[edit]

puab

  1. to remain in close relationship with something
    Plig puab cev. ― The spirit remains in the body.

Etymology 5[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to Etymology 2? If so, then "puab tais" is something like "bowl thigh", which makes sense as the groin is cupped and is next to the thigh.”

Noun[edit]

puab

  1. used in puab tais (“the groin”)

Etymology 6[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to Etymology 3? If so, then "kaub puab" is something like "strong mold" which describes scabs quite well.”

Noun[edit]

puab

  1. used in kaub puab (“scab, callus”)

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 236.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 35; 281.
  2. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
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