ntiv
White Hmong
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Hmong *ntaᴮ (“finger”). Related to Proto-Mien *ʔdokᴰ (“id”), though the details are unclear due to different tone reflexes.[1]
Noun
editntiv (classifier: tus)
- digit (of the limb extremities)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Hmong-Mien *ntik (“to flip with finger”).[2]
Verb
editntiv
References
edit- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 30; 279.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 279.