plaub
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pˡau̯˥/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *plei (“four”). Cognate with Iu Mien biei.[1]
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : plaub | ||
Etymology 2
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pljei (“hair”).[1]
Noun
plaub (classifier: cov (for a mass of hair), tsos, txawj (for a single hair))
Derived terms
- plaub hau (“hair of the head”)
- plaub muag (“eyelashes, eyebrows”)
Noun
plaub (classifier: tshaj, txub, rooj)
- litigation, cases of dispute, cases at law, legal cases, matters of law
Derived terms
- hais plaub (“to discuss a case of dispute”)
- tsev hais plaub (“courthouse”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 248-9.
- Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 255.
- Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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