"qab" meaning in White Hmong

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Adjective

IPA: /qa˥/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kam (“sweet”), borrowed from Old Chinese 甘 (OC *kaːm, “sweet”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmx-pro|*Kam|t=sweet}} Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kam (“sweet”), {{glossary|loanword|borrowed}} borrowed, {{bor|mww|och|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Chinese, {{bor+|mww|och|-|nocap=1}} borrowed from Old Chinese, {{och-l|甘|sweet}} 甘 (OC *kaːm, “sweet”) Head templates: {{head|mww|adjective}} qab
  1. (of taste and feelings) sweet, pleasant
    Sense id: en-qab-mww-adj-~1gmZ9uk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /qa˥/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kam (“sweet”), borrowed from Old Chinese 甘 (OC *kaːm, “sweet”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmx-pro|*Kam|t=sweet}} Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kam (“sweet”), {{glossary|loanword|borrowed}} borrowed, {{bor|mww|och|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Chinese, {{bor+|mww|och|-|nocap=1}} borrowed from Old Chinese, {{och-l|甘|sweet}} 甘 (OC *kaːm, “sweet”) Head templates: {{head|mww|noun}} qab
  1. usefulness, worthiness Derived forms: qab hau (english: usefulness, worthwhileness), qab siab (english: happy, at ease), qab zib (english: sweet (as honey))
    Sense id: en-qab-mww-noun-3GeozpGR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /qa˥/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-Kaŋ (“back (as opposed to the front)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmx-pro|*N-Kaŋ|t=back (as opposed to the front)}} Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-Kaŋ (“back (as opposed to the front)”) Head templates: {{head|mww|prep}} qab
  1. behind, of that which is behind
    Sense id: en-qab-mww-prep-2MafRrS2
  2. under, underneath, at the base of, at the lower side of
    Sense id: en-qab-mww-prep-ZFmnUcMz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /qa˥/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-Kaŋ (“back (as opposed to the front)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmx-pro|*N-Kaŋ|t=back (as opposed to the front)}} Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-Kaŋ (“back (as opposed to the front)”) Head templates: {{head|mww|verb}} qab
  1. to return, go back, go backward
    Sense id: en-qab-mww-verb-TIkPx1Ad Categories (other): White Hmong prepositions Disambiguation of White Hmong prepositions: 12 6 82 Derived forms: hauv qab (english: under), lawv qab (english: to follow), liab qab (english: naked), nco qab (english: to remember), qab khav (english: a (raised) porch), qab qwj (english: a spiral, a snail-like design), qab thoob (english: half-moon), qab tsag (english: a (lower) porch), rov qab (english: to return), rwg qab (english: the little finger or toe), taug qab (english: to track, follow), thaub qab (english: to go backward), tom qab (english: after, behind)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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        "1": "mww",
        "2": "och",
        "3": "-",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Old Chinese",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "甘",
        "2": "sweet"
      },
      "expansion": "甘 (OC *kaːm, “sweet”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kam (“sweet”), borrowed from Old Chinese 甘 (OC *kaːm, “sweet”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "qab",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "White Hmong terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(I) don't know how to go.",
          "text": "Tsis pom qab mus.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "usefulness, worthiness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "usefulness",
          "usefulness"
        ],
        [
          "worthiness",
          "worthiness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/qa˥/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qab"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable White Hmong dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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