puav

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White Hmong[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 蝠 (MC pjuwk, “bat”).[1]

Noun[edit]

puav (classifier: tus)

  1. a bat (mammal with wings)

Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned at all by Ratliff. Perhaps borrowed from Chinese 普 (pǔ, “general, universal”) or some other Sinitic term? Some of the meanings listed may be etymologically separate.”

Determiner[edit]

puav

  1. some, occasional
    lub puav txiv tsawb ― some bananas
  2. to gather, bring together
    Puav npua los. ― Gather the pigs together.
  3. used in puav leej (“all, altogether”)
  4. used in puav pheej (“an article of evidence”)

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 238-9.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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