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roob
a word from vocabulary
White Hmong
by
Martha Ratliff
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Word form
roob
LWT meaning(s)
the mountain or hill
Word meaning
mountain
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
4-Far-West Hmongic [25] (1500–1875)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
2. probably borrowed
Comments
the tone does not match and the semantics are not exact, yet this adjective is used to describe mountains
Source words
chóng
'high, lofty'
Chinese
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Early modern contact with Chinese [25]
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