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Green Hmong
Etymology
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ratliff considers this a native Hmongic term.[1] That said, compare Chinese視/视 (shì, “to look, watch, inspect”).”
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given an etymology or cognates by GPC. Related to saboth(“Sabbath”) and EnglishSabbath? Alternatively, derived from Proto-Indo-European*sep-(“to care for, honor”), whence Latinsepeliō(“to bury”), Sanskritसप्(sap, “to honor”), सपर्यति(saparyati, “honors”), and Ancient Greekἕπω(hépō, “to busy oneself with”) (with semantic shift "to diligently honor" > "to honor oneself with a break")? Something else?”
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “saib”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
White Hmong
Etymology
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ratliff considers this a native Hmongic term.[1] That said, compare Chinese視/视 (shì, “to look, watch, inspect”).”