nthuav
White Hmong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong *nthu̯aᴮ (“to open out, undo”).[1] Despite superficial similarity, probably not related to Middle Chinese 展 (MC trjenX, “to unfold, stretch”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nthuav
- to unfold, open out (as a book), unroll
- muab lub siab nthuav ntxeev ― (figuratively) to open one's heart
References
[edit]- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 196.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 279.