txiv

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Green Hmong[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pjaX (“father, male”), likely related to Chinese 父 (“father”).[1]

Noun[edit]

txiv

  1. husband, father
  2. (Christianity) reverend, clergy, minister

Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Ratliff considers this a native Hmongic term.[2] That said, note similarities to Middle Chinese 子 (t͡sɨX, “seed”).”

Noun[edit]

txiv

  1. fruit
  2. used as a prefix to form names of fruits

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 35; 284.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

White Hmong[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pjaX (“father, male”), likely related to Chinese 父 (“father”).[1]

Noun[edit]

txiv

  1. husband
  2. father
  3. (Christianity) reverend, clergy, minister

Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Ratliff considers this a native Hmongic term.[2] That said, note similarities to Middle Chinese 子 (t͡sɨX, “seed”).”

Noun[edit]

txiv

  1. fruit
  2. used as a prefix to form names of fruits

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 35; 284.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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