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Meriam
Noun
ib
- jaw
Old Irish
Verb
ib
- second-person singular imperative of ibid
Verb
·ib
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of ibid
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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ib
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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n-ib
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Sumerian
Romanization
ib
- Romanization of 𒅁 (ib)
White Hmong
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔɨ (“one”), from Old Chinese 一 (yī) (/*ʔit/).[1]
Numeral
ib
- one (1)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ib
- to lean against
Etymology 3
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔwi̯æn (“crest, comb”), borrowed from Chinese 冠 (“crest, crown”).[2]
Noun
ib
- comb (fleshy growth on the top of the head) on a cock; a comb-like body part on another animal
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 213; 275.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 250; 275.