cawv in White Hmong

IPA: /caɨ̯˧˦/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Hmong *cowᴮ (“liquor”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 酒 (MC tsjuwX, “liquor”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmn-pro|*cowᴮ|t=liquor}} Proto-Hmong *cowᴮ (“liquor”), {{bor+|mww|ltc|-|nocap=1}} borrowed from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|酒|liquor}} 酒 (MC tsjuwX, “liquor”) Head templates: {{head|mww|noun}} cawv

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmn-pro",
        "3": "*cowᴮ",
        "t": "liquor"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *cowᴮ (“liquor”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "酒",
        "2": "liquor"
      },
      "expansion": "酒 (MC tsjuwX, “liquor”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *cowᴮ (“liquor”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 酒 (MC tsjuwX, “liquor”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "cawv",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mww",
          "name": "Alcoholic beverages",
          "orig": "mww:Alcoholic beverages",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "txiv cawv"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alcoholic beverage, liquor, whiskey, beer, wine"
      ],
      "id": "en-cawv-mww-noun-lQbJqhlk",
      "links": [
        [
          "alcoholic",
          "alcoholic"
        ],
        [
          "beverage",
          "beverage"
        ],
        [
          "liquor",
          "liquor"
        ],
        [
          "whiskey",
          "whiskey"
        ],
        [
          "beer",
          "beer"
        ],
        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/caɨ̯˧˦/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cawv"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "txiv cawv"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hmn-pro",
        "3": "*cowᴮ",
        "t": "liquor"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong *cowᴮ (“liquor”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "酒",
        "2": "liquor"
      },
      "expansion": "酒 (MC tsjuwX, “liquor”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong *cowᴮ (“liquor”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 酒 (MC tsjuwX, “liquor”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "cawv",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
        "White Hmong lemmas",
        "White Hmong nouns",
        "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",
        "mww:Alcoholic beverages"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alcoholic beverage, liquor, whiskey, beer, wine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alcoholic",
          "alcoholic"
        ],
        [
          "beverage",
          "beverage"
        ],
        [
          "liquor",
          "liquor"
        ],
        [
          "whiskey",
          "whiskey"
        ],
        [
          "beer",
          "beer"
        ],
        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/caɨ̯˧˦/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cawv"
}

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"cawv" meaning in White Hmong

Noun