siab

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

siab f

  1. alternative form of síob (gust; ride, lift)

Verb

siab (present analytic siabann, future analytic siabfaidh, verbal noun siabadh, past participle siabtha)

  1. alternative form of síob (to blow (away), drift)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of siab
radical lenition eclipsis
siab shiab
after an, tsiab
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 163, page 62

Further reading

White Hmong

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-hri̯əŋ (high, tall), probably borrowed from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-raŋ (high, long), whence Chinese (líng, “mound, hill”) and Burmese မြင့် (mrang., high, tall).

Adjective

siab

  1. high, tall

Noun

siab

  1. height

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-hri̯ən (liver); possibly related to Middle Chinese (MC kan, “liver”). Note the difference in coda consonant between this and Etymology 1.

Noun

siab (classifier: nplooj)

  1. (anatomy) liver

Noun

siab (classifier: lub)

  1. (figuratively) the liver regarded as the seat of the affections and emotions (like the heart in English)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 295-8.
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 282.
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25