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Noun
ub
- sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)
References
Western Xiangxi Miao
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *ʔuŋᴬ. From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔu̯əm. Cognate with Iu Mien uom.
Pronunciation
Noun
ub
- (Jiwei) water
White Hmong
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
ub
- of an extreme limit:
- distant past
- far away
Derived terms
- pem ub (“up and beyond; way up there (up the hill, up north)”)
- thaum ub (“a long time ago; before”)
- tsaib ub (“the year before last year”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 5.