Where does “huab cua” come from?

huab cua (White Hmong) comes from White Hmong cua — to chew hard, bite hard (on something).

huab cua (White Hmong): the weather

Definitions

  1. the weather

Ancestry of “huab cua”, step by step

huab cua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via White Hmong cua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1White Hmongcuato chew hard, bite hard (on something)

via White Hmong huab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1White Hmonghuabcloud
Every word from White Hmong cua
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