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White Hmong
Etymology
dab (“neck”) + tes (“hand”), with tone sandhi of the tes.
Pronunciation
Noun
dab teg (classifier: lub)
- the wrist
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
- Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 285.