tauv

Iu Mien edit

Verb edit

tauv

to breathe

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. The "hold back" and "clump" senses may be related, as both are a sort of "accumulation". Perhaps related to Middle Chinese 抵 (MC tejX, “to prop up; to resist”) and/or tiv (“to oppose, resist”)?”

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /tau̯˧˦/

Classifier edit

tauv

classifier for clouds and for clusters of fruit
tauv huab ― a cloud

Verb edit

tauv

to dam up, hold back
tauv dej ― to dam up water

tauv tsis taus lub kua muag ― cannot hold back tears

References edit

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 309-10.