ncuav

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ŋkjuəX (“rice cake”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 粔 (MC gjoX, “rice cake”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᶮɟuə̯˧˦/

Noun

ncuav

  1. rice cake
  2. (in general) cakes

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 151; 277.
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