npua

White Hmong

Alternative forms

  • npuas

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (“pig”). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (“id”), whence perhaps Old Chinese 豝 (OC *praː, “sow”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᵐbuə̯˧/

Noun

npua

  1. pig, hog

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 38-9; 278.
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