laib

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “Not mentioned at all by Ratliff or Heimbach. Attested in speech,[1] as well as hmongvocabulary.com.[2] Sort of resembles a clipping of Chinese 無賴无赖 (wúlài, “scoundrel”), or perhaps from (lián, “to connect, involve, ally”).”

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Noun[edit]

laib

  1. gang, outlaw
    txhom laib muag tshuajcatch drug gangs

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