Re: Hmong adopting more and more weird names?

cov kwvtij es, tej nuav ce yog peb cov kwvtij moob pib qhov
globalization process xwb los mas, peb xam muaj nyob ntau ntau lub
tebchaw, hab ntau ntau yaam lug, muaj cov yuav dlawb,yuav dlub,yuav
dlaaj, ib ob tam sau nuab ce moob yuav kaag ntaag los mas.

yhmonology@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Siv Yis,

Hmong, in ancient China, as told by a well published Hmong Hunan
(hu=lake, nan=south; south lake province) scholar, also had long
identifiable family names as well; it was carved on a totem pole/stick
that one would carry. The name carved are like how we "laig dab"; it
has one's grand father, father, and other identifable things such as a
birth place etc.

Li ntawv peb Hmoob thiaj paub sib hu txum phaj; yog koj tus pa thiab
lub npe ntev dua ces koj yog phaj me.

But when imperial system assimilated the Hmong, the four Chinese tones
could not write the long Hmong name so our current family names of Vang
(office worker), Yang (military) , Thoj (farmer) etc. were given to
coincide with our assigned responsibilities.

As for the weird adaptation you've mentioned? It is survival skills
Hmong long adopted....nothing more nothing less....

More later.....


Siv Yis wrote:
sayasithya@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: SYS -
Date: Mon, Sep 4 2006 10:28 pm
Groups: soc.culture.laos

Cat wrote:
SYS,

Why do all of them have these weird names. They all have many names as
their name unlike most Hmong with one first name and one last name.
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SYS ---

Ua ntej yus hais luag -- yus rov qab saib yus tej qab vag tsib taug kom
zoo tso mas .. Why your legal name is Sayasith other than Choj ----?

Siv Yis.

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