npua
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White Hmong[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (“pig”). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (“id”), whence perhaps Old Chinese 豝 (OC *praː, “sow”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
npua
Derived terms[edit]
- nqaij npuas (“pork”)
References[edit]
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 38-9; 278.