npab

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed form is given.[1] Maybe borrowed from Chinese (, “shoulder, upper arm”)? Less likely, related to tes (hand) somehow via the latter's proto-form *-bɔuX?”

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

npab (classifier: lub)

  1. (in compounds) arm

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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