Author Topic: How do you say Scorpion in HMong? (Read 757 times)

YAX · « **on:** January 24, 2019, 02:24:08 PM »

raub ris teb?

Kab peb txiag yeeb?

Mees ..?

flint-rod · « **Reply #1 on:** January 24, 2019, 02:27:05 PM »

it's pronounced...

mees-nkuaj or was it mees-uaj... lol!

YAX · « **Reply #2 on:** January 24, 2019, 03:32:40 PM »

I have no idea how to spell that last word either.

Reporter · « **Reply #3 on:** January 24, 2019, 04:31:44 PM »

แมงงอก

It's not Hmong. It's Laotian. I'm borrowing Thai writing for it.

I have no idea how to spell that last word either.

it's pronounced...

mees-nkuaj or was it mees-uaj... lol!

CheejSiav · « **Reply #4 on:** January 24, 2019, 05:31:44 PM »

Kab plev mob kuv niam

YAX · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2019, 10:17:26 AM »

Maybe land lobster?

Mr_Mechanic · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2019, 10:20:29 AM »

I don't know either but BING translator has it as "roob ris teb".

YAX · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2019, 11:44:51 AM »

How would you even spell that word in Hmong? Mees nyoj? nope. Mees nynkoj?