hlais

== White Hmong == === Etymology === From Proto-Hmong *hlep (“to slice”), likely related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-lep (“to slice”), whence Bodo (India) [script needed] (léb, “to cut off with one stroke”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /l̥ai̯˩/ === Verb === hlais to cut, to slice, to cut with a slicing motion hlais nqaij ― to slice meat ==== Coordinate terms ==== txiav (“to chop”) === References === Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 60.