phooj ywg

White Hmong

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 朋友 (péngyou, “friend”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰɒ̃˥˧.ʝɨ˧˩̤/

Noun

phooj ywg (classifier: tus)

  1. a friend

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 245.
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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