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White Hmong
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Chinese 另 (lìng, “another; also”).[1]
Adjective
lwm
- second, another
- next in order
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Doesn't seem to be related to Etymology 1; perhaps a sound-symbolic formation?”
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Verb
lwm
- used in lwm qaib (“to swing a live chicken over the head of a wife on bringing her into her husband's home”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 123.