ub

Blagar

Noun

ub

sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

References

Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 134

Western Xiangxi Miao

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ʔuŋᴬ. From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔu̯əm. Cognate with Iu Mien uom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔu˦˥/

Noun

ub

(Jiwei) water

White Hmong

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Looks a bit like it's borrowed from Chinese 迂 (yū, “far; wide; circuitous”). or Middle Chinese 遙 (MC yew, “far, distant”).”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔu˥/

Adjective

ub

of an extreme limit:
1. distant past
2. far away

Derived terms

pem ub (“up and beyond; way up there (up the hill, up north)”)
thaum ub (“a long time ago; before”)
tsaib ub (“the year before last year”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 5.