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White Hmong
Etymology
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Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. The proto-Hmongic form would be something similar to *ɲciᶜ or *ɲɟiᶜ, which seems to correspond to tsy and gjw in Middle Chinese. Borrowed from Middle Chinese 周 (MC tsyuw, “to encircle; whole, complete”) then? Even the tonal category seems to match (去聲／去声 (qùshēng), aka the departing tone or tone C).”
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Pronunciation
Verb
ncig
- to encircle, to go completely around
- Hmab ncig ntoo. ― The vine encircles the tree.
Noun
ncig
- a turn (around)
- ua ib ncig ― to do one turn around
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 147.