nplooj
Appearance
White Hmong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong *mblɔŋᴬ (“leaf”). Probably cognate with Proto-Mien *nɔmᴬ (“id”); compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluŋ (“medicinal herbs”) (whence Pangasinan bulong (“leaf”)), as well as Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lap (“leaf”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nplooj
Classifier
[edit]nplooj
- classifier used for leaf-like objects
References
[edit]- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 178; 278.