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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *drouH (“chopsticks”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 箸 (MC trjoH|drjoH, “chopsticks”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
rawg (classifier: txwm)
- chopsticks
- kais rawg ― to push food into the mouth using chopsticks
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 276.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 185; 282.