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xob laim
a word from vocabulary
White Hmong
by
Martha Ratliff
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Word form
xob laim
LWT meaning(s)
the lightning
Word meaning
Xob (a heavenly being) flashes
Analyzability
analyzable phrasal
Gloss
xob + laim [Xob + flash]
Age
no information [25]
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Comments
Hmongic *lje D
Source words
Unidentifiable
Unidentified
*lyap
'flash, lightning'
Tibeto-Burman
Effect
Replacement
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Ancient contact with a Tibeto-Burman language [25]
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