xyoo
White Hmong edit
Alternative forms edit
- xyoos (for years ending with 1 to 5)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *ɕɔŋᶜ (“year”), likely borrowed from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ː)ŋ ~ s-nik (“year”); compare Old Chinese 年 (*niːŋ).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xyoo
References edit
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 84-5; 285.