qav

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa˧˦/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *KæŋX (“frog”). Compare Proto-Austronesian *keŋkeŋ (“frog; hollow sound”), whence Ilocano keŋkéŋ (“big-bellied toad that croaks at night”).

Noun

qav (classifier: tus)

1. frog

Derived terms

• qav kaws (“toad”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

qav

1. food (rice and vegetables and meat)
2. meal (insects, small animals, etc.)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 257.