puab tsaig

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White Hmong

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “"puab" means "molar tooth" in proto-Hmongic, but what is "tsaig"? Ratliff considers the word native Hmongic, though.[1]”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /puə̯˥.t͡ʂai̯˧˩̤/

Noun

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puab tsaig (classifier: lub)

  1. chin, jaw

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 236.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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