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White Hmong
Etymology
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Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given. Seems to be a compound of dev (“dog”) + an element of uncertain interpretation mub, probably meaning "the fleas (that live on dogs).”
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Pronunciation
Noun
dev mub (classifier: tus)
- flea
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 131.