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White Hmong
Etymology
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Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed form is given.[1] Maybe borrowed from Chinese 膊 (bó, “shoulder, upper arm”)? Less likely, related to tes (“hand”) somehow via the latter's proto-form *-bɔuX?”
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Pronunciation
Noun
npab (classifier: lub)
- (in compounds) arm
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.