khau

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See also: kháu, khàu, khảu, khâu, khấu, and khẩu

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of khau – see (“to pare (using knife); to blow; to satirize”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Vietnamese

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khau

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *khjɔᶜ (shoes), possibly borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC kjuH, “straw sandals”), though the Sinitic form is not aspirated.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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khau (classifier: nkawm (for pairs))

  1. shoe, shoes; footwear
    rau khauto wear shoes

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 93.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 89; 276.