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hlab

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White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̥a˥/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hljaŋ (“sash, cord, rope”), possibly borrowed from Old Chinese 繩 (OC *ɦbljɯŋ, “string, cord”).^[1]

Verb

hlab

to encircle (as a belt or sash)

Noun

hlab (classifier: txoj)

(in compounds) a belt, sash, cord

Derived terms

hlab chaub (“abdominal muscles, gut muscles”)
hlab hluas (“strands”)
hlab noob qes (“vas deferens”)
hlab ntawv (“the umbilical cord”)
hlab ntshav (“blood vessel, vein”)
hlab ntxhoo (“the embroidered ends of a Hmong woman's apron sash”)
hlab nyiaj (“a sash with silver coins”)
hlab pas (“the esophagus”)
hlab siv (“the red sash on a Hmong woman's apron”)
khaub hlab (“old clothing, rags”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong *hlaŋᴬ (“to scald”), borrowed from Old Chinese 湯 (OC *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ, “hot liquid”).^[2]

Verb

hlab

to scald, blanch, burn (by liquid)

Adjective

hlab

scalding

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 50.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 263; 274.
^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 166; 274.

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