taum hwv

White Hmong

Etymology

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Particularly: “Partial calque from Chinese 豆腐 (dòufu, “tofu”), with taum in place of a phonetic loan of 豆. taum is not derived from 豆, despite similar modern pronunciation, but said similarities likely influenced the choice to use taum.”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tau̯˩̰.hɨ˧˦/

Noun

taum hwv

tofu, soybean curd

References

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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.