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Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Noun
1.5
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Alternative forms
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puab tsiag
Etymology
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This
etymology
is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the
Etymology scriptorium
.
Particularly: “"puab" means "molar tooth" in proto-Hmongic, but what is "tsaig"? Ratliff considers the word native Hmongic, though.
[1]
”
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/puə̯˥.t͡ʂai̯˧˩̤/
Noun
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puab
tsaig
(
classifier:
lub
)
chin
,
jaw
References
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Heimbach, Ernest E. (
1979
)
White Hmong — English Dictionary
[1]
, SEAP Publications,
→ISBN
, page
236
.
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