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White Hmong

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[1] Closest lemmas in the area phonetically are Khmer ឃ្មុំ (khmum, bee) and Middle Chinese (MC mjit, “honey”), and these don't seem to be likely cognate.”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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muv (classifier: tus)

  1. bee, honeybee

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 132.