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White Hmong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong *hnɛŋᴬ (“sun, day”), borrowed from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-nəj (“id”). Cognate with Proto-Mien *hnu̯ɔiᴬ (“id”), Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma), Old Chinese 日 (OC *njiɡ).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hnub (classifier: lub)
- day
- Antonym: hmos (“night”)
- Ib hnub muas 24 teev. ― One day has 24 hours.
- sun
- Lub hnub loj dua ntiaj teb. ― The sun is larger than the earth.
- Lub hnub ci nsta iab. ― The sun is shining bright.
Derived terms
[edit]- hnub caiv (“holiday”)
- hnub nyoog (“age, time”)
- hnub poob (“sunset”)
- hnub qub (“star”)
- hnub tuaj (“sunrise”)
References
[edit]- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 234; 275.