lwm

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɨ˩̰/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chinese 另 (lìng, “another; also”).[1]

Adjective

lwm

  1. second, another
  2. next in order
Derived terms
  • lwm hnub (“some other day”)
  • lwm xyoo (“next year”)
  • lwm yam (“other things”)

Etymology 2

Verb

lwm

  1. used in lwm qaib (“to swing a live chicken over the head of a wife on bringing her into her husband's home”)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 123.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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