qej

White Hmong

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ɢaᴬ (“garlic”), borrowed from Old Chinese 葫 (OC *qʰaː, *ɡaː, “gourd”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qe˥˧/

Noun

qej (classifier: lub)

  1. garlic

References
  • Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 23; 253.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 119; 281.
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