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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *qhinᴮ (“ginger”),[1] possibly related to Old Chinese 薑 (OC *kaŋ) or 姜 (OC *klaŋ); see Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”) for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
qhiav
- ginger
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 282.