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White Hmong
Etymology
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Particularly: “Most classifiers in Hmong are borrowed from Chinese. Closest thing this looks similar to is Old Chinese 群 (OC *ɡlun, “group, flock”).”
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Pronunciation
Classifier
cov
- classifier for groups and plurals: a class, group, kind, bunch
- a plural marker
- cov tsheb ― (many) cars
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.