kuv

kuv

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 口 (MC kʰəu^X).

Noun

kuv 

1. mouth

   Synonym: nzuih

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White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *kɛŋᴮ (“I, me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku˧˦/

Pronoun

kuv

1. I
2. my

References

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