nplooj

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *mblɔŋᴬ (leaf). Probably cognate with Proto-Mien *nɔmᴬ (id); compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluŋ (medicinal herbs) (whence Pangasinan bulong (leaf)), as well as Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lap (leaf).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nplooj

  1. leaf

Classifier

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nplooj

  1. classifier used for leaf-like objects

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
  2. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 178; 278.