xyoob

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC swinX, “bamboo shoots”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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xyoob (classifier: tus)

  1. bamboo

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 417.