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ib

See also: Ib, IB, and ib.

Meriam

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Noun

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ib

  1. jaw

Old Irish

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Verb

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ib

  1. second-person singular imperative of ibid

Verb

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·ib

  1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of ibid

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ib
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-ib
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Sumerian

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Romanization

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ib

  1. Romanization of 𒅁 (ib)

White Hmong

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White Hmong cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ib

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔɨ (“one”), from Old Chinese 一 (yī) (/*ʔit/).[1]

Numeral

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ib

  1. one (1)

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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ib

  1. to lean against

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔwi̯æn (“crest, comb”), borrowed from Chinese 冠 (“crest, crown”).[2]

Noun

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ib

  1. comb (fleshy growth on the top of the head) on a cock; a comb-like body part on another animal

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 213; 275.
  2. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 250; 275.
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