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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 蝠 (MC pjuwk, “bat”).[1]
Noun
puav (classifier: tus)
- a bat (mammal with wings)
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 at all by Ratliff. Perhaps borrowed from Chinese 普 (pǔ, “general, universal”) or some other Sinitic term? Some of the meanings listed may be etymologically separate.”
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Determiner
puav
- some, occasional
- lub puav txiv tsawb ― some bananas
- to gather, bring together
- Puav npua los. ― Gather the pigs together.
- used in puav leej (“all, altogether”)
- used in puav pheej (“an article of evidence”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 238-9.