plhu

White Hmong

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *phl-ᶜ (“cheek, face”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pˡʰu˧/

Noun

plhu (classifier: lub, sab)

  1. cheek
    Koj plhu liab tag lawm. ― Your face is red. (figuratively: You're blushing.)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 254.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
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