niam

== Atong (India) == === Etymology === Ultimately from Sanskrit नियम (niyama). === Noun === niam custom, law, tradition === Further reading === van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. == White Hmong == === Etymology === From Proto-Hmongic *minᴰ (“female”). Despite phonetic similarity of the descendant forms of both Proto-Hmongic and Proto-Sinitic, likely not related to Chinese 女 (nǚ, “woman”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /niə̯˩̰/ === Noun === niam mother, woman an older female relative (Christianity) nun (religion) a female member of religious community ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.