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White Hmong
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong *phl-ᶜ (“cheek, face”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- cheek
- Koj plhu liab tag lawm. ― Your face is red. (figuratively: You're blushing.)
References
[edit]- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 254.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.