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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *ʔjuᴮ (“to ask for, want”), borrowed from Chinese 要 (MC 'jiew|'jiewH).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
yuav
- to want, to desire
- to accept, to take
- Nws yuav koj cov lus hais. ― He accepts your words.
- (colloquial) to buy, to purchase
- Koj yuav lub tsev loj heev ― You bought a very big house.
- to marry
- Nkawv tsis tau yuav txiv. ― They have not married (have husbands).
- used to indicate future tense: will, shall
- Koj yuav tuaj los tsis tuaj? ― Will you come or not?
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 246; 286.