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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *ɢuwᴰ (“back (of body)”).[1] Note similarities to Old Chinese 後 (OC *ɢoːʔ, *ɢoːs, “back; after”).
Pronunciation
Noun
qaum
- (in compounds) the back
Derived terms
- kwj qaum (“the "valley" or depression of the backbone region”)
- nkaj qaum (“the backbone”)
- nraub qaum (“the back, the region of the back between the shoulders and above the waist”)
- qaum taw (“the top of the foot”)
- qaum tes (“the back of the hand”)
- qaum tsev (“at the back of the house”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 259.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.