hlo

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hljo (“big”). Cognate with White Hmong hlob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] liox.

Adjective

hlo 

1. big

Mizo

Noun

hlo

1. drug, weed, medicine

Derived terms

• ruihhlo

References

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940) “hlo”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Nafaanra

Noun

hlo

1. elephant