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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] Any relation to Middle Chinese 繡 (MC sjuwH, “to embroider”)?”

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /saɨ̯˩/

Verb[edit]

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to sew (clothing, etc.), to fasten by sewing

References[edit]

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 406.

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

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