zaub

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-ʔræi (“vegetable”). Cognate with Iu Mien lai. Most likely a recent borrowing from Vietnamese rau ("leafy greens", "leaf vegetable") with "r" producing the [ʐ] or [z] consonant while the vowels correspond similarly.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʐau̯˥/

Noun

zaub

  1. leafy greens; leafy vegetables
  2. vegetables
  3. (coloquial) vegetarian
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