pos nphuab

White Hmong

Etymology

pos (“thorn”) + an element of uncertain interpretation nphuab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒ˩.ᵐpʰuə̯˥/

Noun

pos nphuab

1. a kind of thorn

Derived terms

• txiv pos nphuab (“strawberry”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 163.