yoov

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ʔjɔŋᴮ (“mosquito”).[1] Possibly cognate with Middle Chinese 蠅 (MC ying, “fly”);[2] compare also Thai ยุง (yung, “mosquito”), Lao ຍຸງ (nyung, “id”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʝɒ̃˧˦/

Noun

yoov

  1. a generic name for flies and other fly-like insects:
    1. mosquito
  2. gnat
    1. bug, insect

Derived terms

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 429.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 285.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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