ntshav

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ntshjamX (“blood”). Cognate with Iu Mien nziaamv; outside of Hmong-Mien, compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *jhaam (“id”), whence Khmer ឈាម (chiəm, “id”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ntshav (classifier: cov)

  1. blood

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 236; 279.
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