hnab

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hnɔn (“grain head, bag”); possibly related to Old Chinese 囊 (OC *naːŋ, “sack, bag”), which, if related, borrowed only the derived "bag" sense from Hmong-Mien rather than the "head of grain" sense.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hnab (classifier: lub)

  1. bag, sack, sheath

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 69.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 57; 242; 275.
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