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White Hmong
Etymology
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Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Doesn't really bear any resemblance to other words in the area. Maybe a semantic extension of some ancient Sinitic borrowing that meant something different (like 腰 (yāo, “waist”) or 壓／压 (yā, “pressure”))?”
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Pronunciation
Noun
yav
- a time, a period (of time)
- yav no ― this period of time, now
Classifier
yav
- classifier used for the time of day
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 420.