ntshav

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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ntshav (classifier: cov)

  1. blood

References

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