hluas

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *hljæᴰ (“young”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /l̥uə̯˩/

Adjective

hluas

  1. young
    hluas nkauj, hluas nraug ― young woman, young man
  2. single, without a significant other

Derived terms

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 271; 274.
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