yawm txiv

a word from vocabulary White Hmong by Martha Ratliff  
Word form yawm txiv
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning mother’s father
Comments on word yawg ‘grandfather’ > yawm: the tone indicates that the referent is on the woman’s side of the family
Analyzability analyzable compound
Gloss yawm-txiv [maternal.grandfather-father]
Age no information [25]