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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic غَائِب (ḡāʔib).
Adjective
qaib (comparative daha qaib, superlative ən qaib)
- absent
Derived terms
Further reading
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kəi (“chicken”), likely borrowed from Chinese 鷄／鸡 (jī, “id”). Compare also Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“id”), whence Lao ໄກ່ (kai, “id”) and Thai ไก่ (gài, “id”).
Pronunciation
Noun
qaib (classifier: tus)
- chicken
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 257-8.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 97; 281.