niam

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Atong (India)

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Sanskrit नियम (niyama).

Noun

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niam

  1. custom, law, tradition

References

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *minᴰ (female).[1] Despite phonetic similarity of the descendant forms of both Proto-Hmongic and Proto-Sinitic, likely not related to Chinese (, “woman”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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niam

  1. mother, woman
  2. an older female relative
  3. (Christianity) nun
  4. (Religion) a female member of religious community

Derived terms

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References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 41; 277.