npau
/ᵐbau̯˧/ · verb
Meaning
- to bubble up, to boil
- to be angry, to "boil" with anger
- used in npau suav (“a dream”)
Etymology / origin
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mpu̯æiH (“to boil (intransitive)”), borrowed from Old Chinese 沸 (OC *pɯds, “to boil”).
- -(och)→
- *mpu̯æiH(hmx-pro)→
- npau (White Hmong)
- Relations: inh, bor
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