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qub

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See also: QUB

White Hmong

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qu̯oH (old), borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC kuH, “old, former”).[1] Cognate with Iu Mien gox.[2]

Adjective

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qub

  1. (of inanimate objects) old
    Coordinate term: laus
    lub qub zosthe old village

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Hmong *qɛŋᴬ (star).[3]

Noun

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qub

  1. used in hnub qub (star)

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 265.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
  2. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 260; 281.
  3. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.