White Hmong

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Doesn't really bear any resemblance to other words in the area. Maybe a semantic extension of some ancient Sinitic borrowing that meant something different (like (yāo, “waist”) or (, “pressure”))?”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yav

  1. a time, a period (of time)
    yav nothis period of time, now

Classifier

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yav

  1. classifier used for the time of day

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 420.