hli

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hlaH (“moon, month”), borrowed from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s/g-la (“id”).[1] Compare Old Chinese 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ, “evening”), Tibetan ཟླ་བ (zla ba, “moon, month”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /l̥i˧/

Noun

hli (classifier: lub)

  1. moon
  2. month

Derived terms

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 62.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 13; 274.
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