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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ndruX (“drum”). Cognate with Iu Mien nzox.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
nruas (classifier: lub)
- drum, gong
- ntaus nruas ― to beat a drum
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 180.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 244; 278.