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ib yam
a word from vocabulary
White Hmong
by
Martha Ratliff
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Word form
ib yam
LWT meaning(s)
same
Analyzability
analyzable phrasal
Gloss
ib + yam [one + kind]
Age
no information [25]
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
4. very little evidence for borrowing
Comments
yam is a recent loanword, but ib, if borrowed, is a very old loanword (13.01), so this was probably not borrowed directly from the Chinese phrase yí yàng ‘same’
Source words
yàng
'shape, appearance'
Chinese
Effect
Replacement
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Early modern contact with Chinese [25]
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