tsho me nyuam
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White Hmong[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsho me nyuam (classifier: lub)
- the placenta, afterbirth
Cultural notes[edit]
Traditionally in Hmong society, the placenta of a female child was buried in the bedroom (presumably in ground-floor houses where the floor was earth), while that of a male child was buried at the foot of the main center post of the house.