"nkhaus" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [White Hmong]

IPA: /ᵑkʰau̯˩/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong *ŋkhuwᴰ (“crooked”); compare Middle Chinese 曲 (MC khjowk, “to bend; crooked”), Tibetan འགུགས ('gugs, “id”), and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkuk (“id”), though the tone in Hmongic suggests a final *-p or *-t, rather than a *-k. Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmn-pro|*ŋkhuwᴰ|t=crooked}} Proto-Hmong *ŋkhuwᴰ (“crooked”), {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|曲|to bend; crooked}} 曲 (MC khjowk, “to bend; crooked”), {{cog|bo|འགུགས|t=id}} Tibetan འགུགས ('gugs, “id”), {{cog|poz-pro|*buŋkuk|t=id}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkuk (“id”) Head templates: {{head|mww|adj}} nkhaus
  1. bent, crooked, curled, curved
    Sense id: en-nkhaus-mww-adj-fCAkuhfe Categories (other): White Hmong entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of White Hmong entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. not straightforward, dishonest
    Sense id: en-nkhaus-mww-adj-enE7NfqM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: siab nkhaus (english: crooked, dishonest)

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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
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        "3": "*ŋkhuwᴰ",
        "t": "crooked"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *ŋkhuwᴰ (“crooked”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "曲",
        "2": "to bend; crooked"
      },
      "expansion": "曲 (MC khjowk, “to bend; crooked”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "འགུགས",
        "t": "id"
      },
      "expansion": "Tibetan འགུགས ('gugs, “id”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "poz-pro",
        "2": "*buŋkuk",
        "t": "id"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkuk (“id”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *ŋkhuwᴰ (“crooked”); compare Middle Chinese 曲 (MC khjowk, “to bend; crooked”), Tibetan འགུགས ('gugs, “id”), and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkuk (“id”), though the tone in Hmongic suggests a final *-p or *-t, rather than a *-k.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "adj"
      },
      "expansion": "nkhaus",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bent, crooked, curled, curved"
      ],
      "id": "en-nkhaus-mww-adj-fCAkuhfe",
      "links": [
        [
          "bent",
          "bent"
        ],
        [
          "crooked",
          "crooked"
        ],
        [
          "curled",
          "curled"
        ],
        [
          "curved",
          "curved"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not straightforward, dishonest"
      ],
      "id": "en-nkhaus-mww-adj-enE7NfqM",
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "straightforward",
          "straightforward"
        ],
        [
          "dishonest",
          "dishonest"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑkʰau̯˩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nkhaus"
}
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    "White Hmong adjectives",
    "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
    "White Hmong lemmas",
    "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong",
    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "crooked, dishonest",
      "word": "siab nkhaus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmn-pro",
        "3": "*ŋkhuwᴰ",
        "t": "crooked"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *ŋkhuwᴰ (“crooked”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ltc",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "曲",
        "2": "to bend; crooked"
      },
      "expansion": "曲 (MC khjowk, “to bend; crooked”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "འགུགས",
        "t": "id"
      },
      "expansion": "Tibetan འགུགས ('gugs, “id”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "poz-pro",
        "2": "*buŋkuk",
        "t": "id"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkuk (“id”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *ŋkhuwᴰ (“crooked”); compare Middle Chinese 曲 (MC khjowk, “to bend; crooked”), Tibetan འགུགས ('gugs, “id”), and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkuk (“id”), though the tone in Hmongic suggests a final *-p or *-t, rather than a *-k.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "adj"
      },
      "expansion": "nkhaus",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bent, crooked, curled, curved"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bent",
          "bent"
        ],
        [
          "crooked",
          "crooked"
        ],
        [
          "curled",
          "curled"
        ],
        [
          "curved",
          "curved"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not straightforward, dishonest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "straightforward",
          "straightforward"
        ],
        [
          "dishonest",
          "dishonest"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑkʰau̯˩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nkhaus"
}

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