ub

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Blagar[edit]

Noun[edit]

ub

  1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

References[edit]

Western Xiangxi Miao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *ʔuŋᴬ. From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔu̯əm. Cognate with Iu Mien uom.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ub

  1. (Jiwei) water

White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Looks a bit like it's borrowed from Chinese 迂 (yū, “far; wide; circuitous”). or Middle Chinese 遙 (MC yew, “far, distant”).”

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ub

  1. of an extreme limit:
    1. distant past
    2. far away

Derived terms[edit]

  • pem ub (“up and beyond; way up there (up the hill, up north)”)
  • thaum ub (“a long time ago; before”)
  • tsaib ub (“the year before last year”)

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 5.
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