yoov

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *ʔjɔŋᴮ (“mosquito”).^[1] Possibly cognate with Middle Chinese 蠅 (MC ying, “fly”);^[2] compare also Thai ยุง (yung, “mosquito”), Lao ຍຸງ (nyung, “id”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʝɒ̃˧˦/

Noun[edit]

yoov

a generic name for flies and other fly-like insects:
1. mosquito
gnat
1. bug, insect

Derived terms[edit]

yoov mos ntsuab (“green bottle fly”)
yoov qaib (“sandfly, midge, gnat”)
yoov tshaj cum (“mosquito”)

References[edit]

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 429.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 285.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

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