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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
hauv n (definite singular hauvet, indefinite plural hauv, definite plural hauva)
- (dialectal) alternative form of hovud (“head”)
1930, Kristofer Uppdal, Galgberget, Oslo: Noregs boklag, page 27:Ho trur vårå for stor all stad og at ho må bøygja hauvet.- She thinks she's too large everywhere, and that she must lower her head.
1976, Finn Myrvang, I trollbotn, Noregs boklag, page 64:Det var eit hauv på kallen- There be a head to the man
1979, Hans Hyldbakk, Gamalt frå Surnadal, Surnadal kommune, page 194:Han tok bøtta og kvelvde ho nedover hauvet på karen, berre så tjørua rann nedover kroppen.- He took the bucket and turned it over the man's head, so that the tar ran down his body.
White Hmong
Etymology
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Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though she doesn't give a reconstructed form. The "root, source" meaning seems to be a semantic extension of the "in" meaning, from "in" > "innermost" > "root, source".”
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Pronunciation
Preposition
hauv
- in, within, inside
- used in hauv qab (“underneath”)
Noun
hauv (classifier: lub)
- (in compounds) stump, base, basis, root, origin
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 50-1.