diav

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

White Hmong

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[1] Perhaps, along with Vietnamese thìa (“spoon”), borrowed from Old Chinese 匙 (OC *dje, “spoon”).”

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

diav (classifier: rab)

  1. a spoon or spoon-like object; a scooped utensil for eating or serving
    diav nyiaj ― silver spoon

Classifier

[edit]

diav

  1. classifier for spoonfuls
    rau diav tshuaj ― six spoonfuls of medicine

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 36.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=diav&oldid=78525299"