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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ŋkjuəX (“rice cake”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 粔 (MC gjoX, “rice cake”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ncuav

  1. rice cake
  2. (in general) cakes

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 151; 277.
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