qhov

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *qhəŋᴮ (“hole”), borrowed from Old Chinese 孔 (OC *kʰloːŋʔ, “hole”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qʰɒ˧˦/

Noun

qhov

  1. hole, pit
  2. slot
  3. tunnel
  4. place, location
  5. thing, article

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • qhov av kaw neeg
  • qhov chaw
  • qhov chaw caij khau log
  • qhov chaw cov qhab nyob
  • qhov chaw kawm
  • qhov chaw kawm ntawv
  • qhov chaw kawm tos
  • qhov chaw nkaum
  • qhov chaw nres ntsheb
  • qhov chaw nyob
  • qhov chaw pib
  • qhov chaw tseem ceeb
  • qhov chaw tu cov neeg mob loj
  • qhov chaw zaum tshwj tseg
  • qhov chaws
  • qhov cuab lub zog
  • qhov cub
  • qhov cub ci nqaij
  • qhov cub nte
  • qhov daig
  • qhov dav
  • qhov deb tshaj plaws
  • qhov dej tua hluav taws
  • qhov fwj kom khov
  • qhov fwj kom txhob txav tau
  • qhov hauv ntsuab ntsab
  • qhov hauv qab
  • qhov hlau
  • qhov hws
  • qhov kawg
  • qhov kawg nkaus
  • qhov kawm tau ntawv tam sim no
  • qhov khoom deev siab
  • qhov khuam
  • qhov ncauj
  • qhov ntswg

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 271.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 256; 282.
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