zoov

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *-ʔrɔŋᴮ (“forest”).[1] Note similarities to Old Chinese 林 (OC *ɡ·rɯm).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zoov

  1. forest, jungle, woods

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 441.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 286.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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