"yau" meaning in White Hmong

See yau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʝau̯˧/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong *ʔjuwᶜ (“small, young”), borrowed from Chinese 幼 (“young”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmn-pro|*ʔjuwᶜ|t=small, young}} Proto-Hmong *ʔjuwᶜ (“small, young”), {{glossary|loanword|borrowed}} borrowed, {{bor|mww|zh|幼||young|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Chinese 幼 (“young”), {{bor+|mww|zh|幼|nocap=1|t=young}} borrowed from Chinese 幼 (“young”) Head templates: {{head|mww|adj}} yau
  1. younger (than), smaller (than), lesser (than)
    Sense id: en-yau-mww-adj-hkqgQ9bn Categories (other): White Hmong entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of White Hmong entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Noun

IPA: /ʝau̯˧/
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong *ʔjuwᶜ (“small, young”), borrowed from Chinese 幼 (“young”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmn-pro|*ʔjuwᶜ|t=small, young}} Proto-Hmong *ʔjuwᶜ (“small, young”), {{glossary|loanword|borrowed}} borrowed, {{bor|mww|zh|幼||young|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Chinese 幼 (“young”), {{bor+|mww|zh|幼|nocap=1|t=young}} borrowed from Chinese 幼 (“young”) Head templates: {{head|mww|noun}} yau
  1. the younger
    Sense id: en-yau-mww-noun-Gs1n~S~6 Categories (other): White Hmong entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of White Hmong entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Download JSON data for yau meaning in White Hmong (2.7kB)

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