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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *hlep (“to slice”), likely related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-lep (“to slice”), whence Bodo (India) (léb, “to cut off with one stroke”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
hlais
- to cut, to slice, to cut with a slicing motion
- hlais nqaij ― to slice meat
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References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 60.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 13; 274.