xoo

See also: хоо, ǃxóõ, and ǃXóõ

Dâw

Noun

xoo

1. canoe

References

• Language at Large: Essays on Syntax and Semantics (Aikhenvald, Dixon), citing Martins (1994): xoo
• Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors, citing Silvana Andrade Martins, Fonologia e Gramática Dâw (2004, doctoral dissertation for the Vrije Uni. Amsterdam), Valteir Martins, Reconstrução Fonológica do Protomaku Oriental (2005, doctoral dissertation for the University of Leiden), and Patience Epps' 2013 fieldnotes: xoò /xɔ̂/

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɒ̃˧/

Noun

xoo

1. (used in compounds) thumb, big toe

Derived terms

• ntiv taw xoo (“big toe”)
• ntiv tes xoo (“thumb”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 411.