qhiav

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White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *qhinᴮ (ginger),[1] possibly related to Old Chinese (OC *kaŋ) or (OC *klaŋ); see Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (ginger) for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

qhiav

  1. ginger

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 282.