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tij-laug
a word from vocabulary
White Hmong
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Martha Ratliff
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Word form
tij-laug
LWT meaning(s)
the older brother
Word meaning
as called by brothers
Comments on word
tone sandhi: laus > laug after tij
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
tij-laug [older.brother-old]
Age
no information [25]
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Comments
The Chinese word for ‘younger brother’ looks like the Hmong word for ‘older brother’ while the Chinese word for ‘older brother’ looks like the Hmong word for ‘younger brother’.
Source words
dì
'younger brother'
Chinese
Effect
Replacement
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Early modern contact with Chinese [25]
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