kuv

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 口 (MC kʰəuX).

Noun

kuv 

  1. mouth
    Synonym: nzuih

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *kɛŋᴮ (“I, me”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ku˧˦/

Pronoun

kuv

  1. I
  2. my

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