nws

See also: NWS

English

Prepositional phrase

nws

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of no worries.

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ni̯æn(X) (3SG (he/she/it)). Cognate with Iu Mien ninh.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɨ˩/

Pronoun

nws

  1. he, she, it
  2. his, her, its

References

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