Wiktionary

xav

Green Hmong edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Borrowed from Vietnamese xanh (“grue, blue, green”)?”

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

xav

  1. grue
  2. blue
  3. green
  4. sad, depressed

White Hmong edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Chinese 想 (xiǎng, “to think”).[1]

Verb edit

xav

  1. to think, to wish, to desire, to want to
    Kuv tsis xav mus. ― I don't want to go.
    Kuv xav tsis mus. ― I think I will not go.

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Lao ສັກ (sak, “injection”).[1]

Verb edit

xav

  1. to inject, give a shot

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 404.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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