yuav

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ʔjuᴮ (“to ask for, want”), borrowed from Chinese 要 (MC 'jiew|'jiewH).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʝuə̯˧˦/

Verb

yuav

  1. to want, to desire
  2. to accept, to take
    Nws yuav koj cov lus hais. ― He accepts your words.
  3. (colloquial) to buy, to purchase
    Koj yuav lub tsev loj heev ― You bought a very big house.
  4. to marry
    Nkawv tsis tau yuav txiv. ― They have not married (have husbands).
  5. used to indicate future tense: will, shall
    Koj yuav tuaj los tsis tuaj? ― Will you come or not?

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 246; 286.
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