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}
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"1": "布",
"2": "to spread out; cloth"
},
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}
],
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{
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"to prepare a flat surface, to prepare a level place on the ground"
],
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],
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"level",
"level"
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"place",
"place"
],
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"ground",
"ground"
]
]
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{
"english": "to pave with stone",
"text": "pua pob zeb",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to prepare a sleeping place",
"text": "pua chaw pw",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to spread on a flat surface"
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}
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"White Hmong terms derived from Middle Chinese",
"White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
"White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
"White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"nocap": "1"
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"expansion": "borrowed from Middle Chinese",
"name": "bor+"
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{
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},
{
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"1": "布",
"2": "to spread out; cloth"
},
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"name": "ltc-l"
}
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"2": "verb"
},
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{
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"to lay out, to lay on a surface"
],
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"lay out",
"lay out"
],
[
"lay",
"lay"
],
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"surface",
"surface"
]
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"to prepare a flat surface, to prepare a level place on the ground"
],
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"prepare",
"prepare"
],
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"flat",
"flat"
],
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"level",
"level"
],
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"place",
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[
"ground",
"ground"
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"english": "to pave with stone",
"text": "pua pob zeb",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to prepare a sleeping place",
"text": "pua chaw pw",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to spread on a flat surface"
],
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[
"spread",
"spread"
]
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{
"ipa": "/puə̯˧/"
}
],
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable White Hmong dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (b81b832 and 633533e). 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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