plab

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *plaŋᴬ (“stomach”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pˡa˥/

Noun

plab (classifier: lub)

  1. stomach
  2. abdomen
  3. gut, belly

Derived terms
  • plab hlaub (“the calf of the leg”)
  • tshaib plab (“to be hungry”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 247.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
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