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npua

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (pig). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (id), whence perhaps Old Chinese (OC *praː, “sow”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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npua

  1. pig, hog

Derived terms

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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, pages 38-9; 278.