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dej

a word from vocabulary White Hmong by Martha Ratliff

Word form	dej
LWT meaning(s)	the water the river or stream the drink
Word meaning	water, river, the drink
Grammatical info	‘river’ requires length classifier tus
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	2-Hmongic [25] (500–1000)

Borrowed status	3. perhaps borrowed
Comments	Hmongic *ɢlæw A ‘river’
Source words	Unidentifiable Unidentified *kruŋ 'river' Mon-Khmer
Effect	Replacement
Salience	Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation	Ancient contact or relationship with Mon-Khmer [25]