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White Hmong[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Hmong *ntaᴮ (“finger”). Related to Proto-Mien *ʔdokᴰ (“id”), though the details are unclear due to different tone reflexes.[1]
Noun[edit]
ntiv (classifier: tus)
- digit (of the limb extremities)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ntik (“to flip with finger”).[2]
Verb[edit]
ntiv
References[edit]
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 30; 279.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 279.