qav
White Hmong
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Hmong-Mien *KæŋX (“frog”). Compare Proto-Austronesian *keŋkeŋ (“frog; hollow sound”), whence Ilocano keŋkéŋ (“big-bellied toad that croaks at night”).[1]
Noun
editqav (classifier: tus)
Derived terms
edit- qav kaws (“toad”)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editqav
References
edit- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 257.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 97; 281.