nqa

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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]”

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

nqa

  1. to lift with the hand, to carry in the hand or hands, to hold in the hand, take in the hand
    Koj nqa ib lub hnab nyiaj. ― You carry a purse.

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 169.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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