kawg

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[1] Maybe related to Old Chinese 極 (OC *ɡɯɡ, “extremity; ridgepole”)?”

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

kawg

  1. of an extremity, end of, finish
  2. lastly, finally
  3. indicates superlative degree
    1. used in kawg nkaus (“superlative degree, most, completely”)
      zoo kawg nkaus ― best
      lub roob siab kawg nkaus ― the highest mountain

Noun[edit]

kawg

  1. the end of, the last, the final
    ib txhis tsis kawg ― forever, without end

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 79.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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