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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *ŋgjowᴰ (“pair”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
nkawm
- a couple, a pair (of things)
Classifier
nkawm
- classifier used for pairs of objects
- ib nkawm khau ― a pair of shoes
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 153.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 277.