hniav

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hmjinX (“tooth”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /n̥iə̯˧˦/

Noun

hniav (classifier: tus)

  1. tooth

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 69-70.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 275.
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