nkawm

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ŋgjowᴰ (“pair”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᵑɡaɨ̯˩̰/

Noun

nkawm

  1. a couple, a pair (of things)

Classifier

nkawm

  1. classifier used for pairs of objects
    ib nkawm khau ― a pair of shoes

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 153.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 277.
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