qhiav

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *qhinᴮ (“ginger”),[1] possibly related to Old Chinese 薑 (OC *kaŋ) or 姜 (OC *klaŋ); see Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”) for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qʰiə̯˧˦/

Noun

qhiav

  1. ginger

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 282.
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