puav
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White Hmong[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 蝠 (MC pjuwk, “bat”).[1]
Noun[edit]
puav (classifier: tus)
Etymology 2[edit]
Determiner[edit]
puav
- some, occasional
- lub puav txiv tsawb ― some bananas
- to gather, bring together
- Puav npua los. ― Gather the pigs together.
- used in puav leej (“all, altogether”)
- used in puav pheej (“an article of evidence”)
References[edit]
Categories:
- White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation
- White Hmong terms borrowed from Middle Chinese
- White Hmong terms derived from Middle Chinese
- White Hmong lemmas
- White Hmong nouns
- White Hmong terms borrowed from Chinese
- White Hmong terms derived from Chinese
- White Hmong determiners
- White Hmong terms with usage examples