qos yaj ywm

White Hmong

Alternative forms

  • qos yaj ywv

Etymology

qos (“tuber”) +‎ Chinese 洋芋 (yángyù, “potato”), literally “western-taro tuber”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qɒ˩.ʝa˥˧.ʝɨ˩̰/

Noun

qos yaj ywm (classifier: lub)

  1. white potato

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 486.
  • Jaisser, Annie; Ratliff, Martha; Riddle, Elizabeth; Strecker, David; Vang, Lopao; Vang, Lyfu (1995), Hmong For Beginners‎[2], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 268.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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