tsev

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *prəuX (house). Cognate with Iu Mien biauv,[1] as well as perhaps Chinese (miào) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tsev (classifier: lub)

  1. house; dwelling; building

Derived terms

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Classifier

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tsev

  1. classifier for households

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 349.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 242.