qej
White Hmong
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong *ɢaᴬ (“garlic”), borrowed from Old Chinese 葫 (OC *qʰaː, *ɡaː, “gourd”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]qej (classifier: lub)
References
[edit]- Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners[1], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 23; 253.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 119; 281.