vaub kib

Green Hmong

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龜 / 乌龟 (wūguī, “turtle, tortoise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vau̯˥.ki˥/

Noun

vaub kib

1. turtle, tortoise

White Hmong

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龜 / 乌龟 (wūguī, “turtle, tortoise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vau̯˥.ki˥/

Noun

vaub kib (classifier: tus)

1. turtle, tortoise

Derived terms

• vaub kib deg (“(water-dwelling) turtle”)
• vaub kib nqhuab (“(dry land-dewlling) tortoise”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 399.