khoom

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White Hmong

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lao ຂອງ (khǭng, “thing, object”).[1]

Noun

khoom

  1. an object, thing, matter, product
  2. stuff, substance
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Borrowed from Chinese 空 (“empty, free”)?”

Adjective

khoom

  1. free, not busy

Noun

khoom

  1. leisure, ease, idle time
    Kuv tsis khoom ua. ― I have no time to do it.

Adverb

khoom

  1. freely
Derived terms
  • khoom pub (“to freely give (without charge)”)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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