nqe

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Hadza[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nqe m (masc. plural nqebii) (Note: the form after a determiner is nqe)

  1. leopard

See also[edit]

White Hmong[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *ɴqæwᶜ (“hook”), borrowed from Old Chinese 鉤 (OC *koː, “hook”).[1]

Verb[edit]

nqe

  1. to hook (a finger or toe on something)
    nqe ko taw ― to hook the foot (on something and stumble)

Noun[edit]

nqe (classifier: tus)

  1. used in nqe lauj (“wooden hook to hang things on in the home”)
Usage notes[edit]

More restricted in usage than nuv (“hook”), the latter which is the generic word for "hook".

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *ɴqaᶜ (“price”), borrowed from Old Chinese 價 (OC *kraːs, “price”).[2]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

nqe (classifier: tus)

  1. price, wage, debt
Usage notes[edit]

Colloquially less commonly used than nqi.

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 170.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 256; 278.
  2. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 261; 278.
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