lawm

White Hmong

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 了 (le, “perfective marker”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laɨ̯˩̰/

Particle

lawm

  1. perfective marker, sign of completed action or past tense
    mus teb lawm ― went to the fields
    Peb mus lawm. ― We are going (i.e. the start of our departure has been accomplished).

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 108.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 227.
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