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Dâw
Noun
xoo
- canoe
References
- Language at Large: Essays on Syntax and Semantics (Aikhenvald, Dixon), citing Martins (1994): xoo
- Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors, citing Silvana Andrade Martins, Fonologia e Gramática Dâw (2004, doctoral dissertation for the Vrije Uni. Amsterdam), Valteir Martins, Reconstrução Fonológica do Protomaku Oriental (2005, doctoral dissertation for the University of Leiden), and Patience Epps' 2013 fieldnotes: xoò /xɔ̂/
White Hmong
Etymology
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Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[1]”
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Pronunciation
Noun
xoo
- (used in compounds) thumb, big toe
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 411.