See poob on Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to drown",
"word": "poob dej"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "despair, being scared or discouraged",
"word": "poob siab"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "hmn-pro",
"3": "*pʉŋᴬ",
"t": "to fall"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hmong *pʉŋᴬ (“to fall”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "ltc",
"3": "-",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "borrowed from Middle Chinese",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "崩",
"2": "to collapse, crumble"
},
"expansion": "崩 (MC pong, “to collapse, crumble”)",
"name": "ltc-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *pʉŋᴬ (“to fall”), probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 崩 (MC pong, “to collapse, crumble”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "poob",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "White Hmong",
"lang_code": "mww",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The kid falls (from the) tree.",
"text": "Me nyuam poob ntoo.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to drop, fall down, fall from a height"
],
"id": "en-poob-mww-verb-QGK7XYqX",
"links": [
[
"drop",
"drop"
],
[
"fall down",
"fall down"
],
[
"fall",
"fall"
],
[
"height",
"height"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "11 84 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 89 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 90 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to fall in a moral sense"
],
"id": "en-poob-mww-verb-I8HxKQbt",
"links": [
[
"moral",
"moral"
],
[
"sense",
"sense"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) to fall in a moral sense"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He loses money to gambling.",
"text": "Nws poob nyiaj rau kev twv txiaj.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He fails a class.",
"text": "Nws poob hoob.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to lose, fail"
],
"id": "en-poob-mww-verb-1kw4BOBa",
"links": [
[
"lose",
"lose"
],
[
"fail",
"fail"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɒ̃˥/"
}
],
"word": "poob"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
"White Hmong lemmas",
"White Hmong terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
"White Hmong terms derived from Middle Chinese",
"White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong",
"White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong",
"White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation",
"White Hmong verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to drown",
"word": "poob dej"
},
{
"english": "despair, being scared or discouraged",
"word": "poob siab"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "hmn-pro",
"3": "*pʉŋᴬ",
"t": "to fall"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hmong *pʉŋᴬ (“to fall”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "ltc",
"3": "-",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "borrowed from Middle Chinese",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "崩",
"2": "to collapse, crumble"
},
"expansion": "崩 (MC pong, “to collapse, crumble”)",
"name": "ltc-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *pʉŋᴬ (“to fall”), probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 崩 (MC pong, “to collapse, crumble”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mww",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "poob",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "White Hmong",
"lang_code": "mww",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"White Hmong terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The kid falls (from the) tree.",
"text": "Me nyuam poob ntoo.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to drop, fall down, fall from a height"
],
"links": [
[
"drop",
"drop"
],
[
"fall down",
"fall down"
],
[
"fall",
"fall"
],
[
"height",
"height"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to fall in a moral sense"
],
"links": [
[
"moral",
"moral"
],
[
"sense",
"sense"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) to fall in a moral sense"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"White Hmong terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He loses money to gambling.",
"text": "Nws poob nyiaj rau kev twv txiaj.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He fails a class.",
"text": "Nws poob hoob.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to lose, fail"
],
"links": [
[
"lose",
"lose"
],
[
"fail",
"fail"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɒ̃˥/"
}
],
"word": "poob"
}
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