Iu Mien

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔɲæmX (to weep), from Austroasiatic (cf. Proto-Mon-Khmer *jaam). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] nied.

Verb

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nyiemv 

  1. to cry, to weep