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nkawm

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *ŋgjowᴰ (pair).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nkawm

  1. a couple, a pair (of things)

Classifier

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nkawm

  1. classifier used for pairs of objects
    ib nkawm khaua pair of shoes

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 153.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 277.