quav

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-KəjX (“excrement”),[1] possibly of imitative-expressive origin; see Proto-Indo-European *kakka- (“to defecate”) for possible explanations of the sound symbolism.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /quə̯˧˦/

Noun

quav

  1. feces, excrement, poop, dung, manure

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 267.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010), Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 282 (pdf format version).
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