zoov

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *-ʔrɔŋᴮ (“forest”).[1] Note similarities to Old Chinese 林 (OC *ɡ·rɯm).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʐɒ̃˧˦/

Noun

zoov

  1. forest, jungle, woods

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 441.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 286.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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