vaub kib

Green Hmong

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龜 / 乌龟 (wūguī, “turtle, tortoise”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vau̯˥.ki˥/

Noun

vaub kib

  1. turtle, tortoise

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

White Hmong

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龜 / 乌龟 (wūguī, “turtle, tortoise”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vau̯˥.ki˥/

Noun

vaub kib (classifier: tus)

  1. turtle, tortoise

Derived terms

  • vaub kib deg (“(water-dwelling) turtle”)
  • vaub kib nqhuab (“(dry land-dewlling) tortoise”)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 399.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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