huab

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haapa.

Noun

huab

  1. aspen

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *huᴬ (“fog, cloud”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huə̯˥/

Noun

huab (classifier: tauv, twv)

  1. cloud
    ib tau huab ― one cloud
  2. fog

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 56-7.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 238; 274.
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