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nrub nrab, nruab nrab
a word from vocabulary
White Hmong
by
Martha Ratliff
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Word form
nrub nrab, nruab nrab
LWT meaning(s)
the middle
Comments on word
The first half of this compound may represent another form of this same loanword.
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
nrub/nruab-nrab [center-half]
Age
1-Hmong-Mien [25] (-500–500)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
Hmong-Mien *ntroŋ
Source words
trjuwng
'center, middle'
Middle Chinese
Effect
Replacement
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Early contact with Chinese [25]
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