twm

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Translingual

Symbol

twm

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tawang Monpa.

See also

White Hmong

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 特 (MC dok, “bull, ox”).[1]

Noun

twm (classifier: tus)

  1. buffalo, water buffalo
    tus twm nyob hauv liaj ― the buffalo in the rice paddy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 讀 (MC duwk, “to read, recite texts”).[1]

Verb

twm

  1. to read
    Synonym: nyeem
    Ob tug menyuam tabtom twm ib phau ntawv. ― The two children are reading a book.

Etymology 3

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Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 獨 (MC duwk, “single, solitary”). twm xeeb probably belongs to this sense (獨行／独行 (dúxíng, “to walk alone, do one's own thing”).”

Adjective

twm

  1. single, independent, lone, alone
    twm tswb ― a single wild boar (which keeps to itself)
  2. used in twm xeeb (“impatient, self-absorbed, narrow-minded”)
Usage notes

Attached before nouns, rather than after, in contrast to most Hmong adjectives.

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 331.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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