nplooj

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *mblɔŋᴬ (“leaf”). Probably cognate with Proto-Mien *nɔmᴬ (“id”); compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluŋ (“medicinal herbs”) (whence Pangasinan bulong (“leaf”)), as well as Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lap (“leaf”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᵐbˡɒ̃˥˧/

Noun

nplooj

  1. leaf

Classifier

nplooj

  1. classifier used for leaf-like objects

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
  2. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 178; 278.
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