ntiv

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ⁿdi˧˦/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *ntaᴮ (“finger”). Related to Proto-Mien *ʔdokᴰ (“id”), though the details are unclear due to different tone reflexes.[1]

Noun

ntiv (classifier: tus)

  1. digit (of the limb extremities)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ntik (“to flip with finger”).[2]

Verb

ntiv

  1. to snap or flick with the finger

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 30; 279.
  2. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 279.
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