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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hljo (“big”). Cognate with loj (“big”), Iu Mien hlo.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
hlob
- to become big, to grow
- to grow up
Adjective
hlob
- older
- Tus ntxhais hlob lub npe hu ua Nplias, tus yau Maiv. ― The older daughter's name is Blia, (and) the younger Mai.
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 64; 210.