npua in White Hmong

IPA: /ᵐbuə̯˧/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (“pig”). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (“id”), whence perhaps Old Chinese 豝 (OC *praː, “sow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmn-pro|*mpæᶜ|t=pig}} Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (“pig”), {{cog|sit-pro|*pʷak|t=id}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (“id”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|豝|sow}} 豝 (OC *praː, “sow”) Head templates: {{head|mww|noun}} npua

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmn-pro",
        "3": "*mpæᶜ",
        "t": "pig"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (“pig”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sit-pro",
        "2": "*pʷak",
        "t": "id"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (“id”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "豝",
        "2": "sow"
      },
      "expansion": "豝 (OC *praː, “sow”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (“pig”). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (“id”), whence perhaps Old Chinese 豝 (OC *praː, “sow”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "npua",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "pork",
          "word": "nqaij npuas"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pig, hog"
      ],
      "id": "en-npua-mww-noun-Owgm5Rbb",
      "links": [
        [
          "pig",
          "pig"
        ],
        [
          "hog",
          "hog"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "npuas"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbuə̯˧/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "npua"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "pork",
      "word": "nqaij npuas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmn-pro",
        "3": "*mpæᶜ",
        "t": "pig"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (“pig”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sit-pro",
        "2": "*pʷak",
        "t": "id"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (“id”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "豝",
        "2": "sow"
      },
      "expansion": "豝 (OC *praː, “sow”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *mpæᶜ (“pig”). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (“id”), whence perhaps Old Chinese 豝 (OC *praː, “sow”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "npua",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
        "White Hmong lemmas",
        "White Hmong nouns",
        "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong",
        "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong",
        "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pig, hog"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pig",
          "pig"
        ],
        [
          "hog",
          "hog"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbuə̯˧/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "npuas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "npua"
}

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"npua" meaning in White Hmong

Noun