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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *qhəŋᴮ (“hole”), borrowed from Old Chinese 孔 (OC *kʰloːŋʔ, “hole”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
qhov
- hole, pit
- slot
- tunnel
- place, location
- thing, article
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 271.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 256; 282.