nyuam

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Maybe sound-symbolic along similar lines as me? Or maybe imitative of suckling noises made by little children?”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nyuam

  1. a child, baby, kid

Adverb

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nyuam

  1. being small

Derived terms

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References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 222.
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