liab
White Hmong
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Hmong *ʔlinᴬ (“monkey”), probably from Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔbliŋ (“id”). Related to Proto-Mien *ʔbiŋᴬ (“id”); outside of Hmong-Mien, compare Proto-Tai *liːŋᴬ (“id”), whence Thai ลิง (ling, “id”).[1]
Noun
[edit]liab
Derived terms
[edit]- liab dais qeeb (“sloth”)
- liab npog muag (“sloth”)
- liab twm hawj (“gorilla”)
- txiv thais liab (“dominant male of a group of monkeys”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Hmong *ʔlinᴬ (“red”).[2]
Adjective
[edit]liab
Derived terms
[edit]- hma liab (“red fox”)
References
[edit]- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 112-3.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 38-9; 63; 276.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 238; 276.