ntsuab

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *mpruᴬ (“green, blue”); possibly related to Proto-Mien *ʔmeŋᴬ (“id”) and *ʔbɔuᴮ (“gray”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᶯd͡ʐuə̯˥/

Adjective

ntsuab

  1. green (color/colour)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 40; 151; 279.
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