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White Hmong
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 蜜 (MC mjit, “honey”), and these don't seem to be likely cognate.”
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Pronunciation
Noun
muv (classifier: tus)
- bee, honeybee
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 132.