xyoob

White Hmong

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 筍 (MC swinX, “bamboo shoots”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /çɒ̃˥/

Noun

xyoob (classifier: tus)

  1. bamboo

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 417.
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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