Hmong Word-a-Day

Helping connect Hmong youth to their language and heritage...
one word at a time.

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@Moviegame_app is a project I have been working on over the summer. Let’s play together and see how far we can get! Should we start with Gran Torino? 😁#hmong #ClintEastwood #hmoob

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#yeebyajduab (Los peb ua si Movie Game. Ua li ces peb saib Netflix; Let’s Play the Movie Game. Then let’s watch Netflix) https://t.co/GsZQBYZRQ9

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#zajyeebyajduab :movie. Variation - yeeb yaj kiab. (Nruas Muas yog Hmoob ib tug hluas tau mus koom ua zaj yeeb yaj kiab Mulan; Doua Moua is a Hmong youth who is in the movie Mulan)

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#loo:crops.(Ua qoob ua loos* los npaj tshaib,tu tub tu kiv los npaj laus; Farm to prevent hunger,raise kids to prep for old age)*tone change

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#ibphaummob (Xyoo 1916 muaj ib phaum mob polio heev heev hauv teb chaws Asmiskas; In 1916, there was a bad outbreak of polio in America.)

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#ibphaummob: sickness, outbreak. (raug ib phaum mob hnyav heev li; to catch a really bad sickness) (phaum kab mob Zika; Zika virus outbreak)

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#tsevkawmntawvqibsiab

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#tsevkawmntawvqibsiab: university. (Xyuam npe rau cov tsev kawm ntawv qib siab; apply to universities, literally - submit name to...).

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#kuvuakuv: This construction shows that you do things your own way, or by yourself.(Nws nyob nws ib leeg; he lives on his own, by himself).

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@oahtJ Thov txim, peb khwv heev. tab sis peb rov qab tuaj! Peb tseem yuav tsum xa koj ib qhov khoom plig...

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#laib: gangster.(Niam txiv yuav tsum hlub & qhia lawv cov me nyuam kom tsis txhob mus ua laib;parents must ♥ & teach kids to not join gangs)

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#caijso: break, vacation. (Thov txim HWADers, kuv lub caij so hauj lwm ntev ntev heev!) (Sawvdaws mus yos ua si thaum lub caij so)

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#mlom (tus mlom tshaj tawm kev ywj pheej; The statue that proclaims freedom, or Statue of Liberty)

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#mlom: statue. (ib tug mlom nees; a statue of a horse)(puab ib tug mlom pob zeb; make a statue out of stone)(lawv pes mlom; worship an idol)

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@ms_xyooj Not sure if it is housed in a perm exhibit. It looks like this might be something that is in their archives. Or, maybe SEA wing?

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#teebliab: red light. (Thaum pom teeb liab, koj yuav tsum nres. Thaum pom teeb daj koj yuav tsum ceev faj, vim teeb yuav hloov rau liab sai)

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#pluag (paub hnub muaj tsis paub hnub pluag, paub hnub nyob tsis paub hnub tuag; Meaning: don't take life/current circumstance for granted.)

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#pluag: poor.(txoj kev pluag;poverty)(peb pluag noj pluag haus;we are poor & w/out food)(pluag nyiaj;cash poor)(pluag kob huam;poor &ragged)

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#fab: allergy. (ntau tus neeg muaj fab ntau yam tsis sib thooj; many people are allergic to different things)(koj puas fab tshuaj dab tsi?)

[Hmong Autism @HmongAutism]

MT @hmongwordaday How do you say Autism in Hmoob? / Great question! There is no word in Hmong, so they use: Kev hais lus muaj teeb meem