tab sis

White Hmong

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Borrowed from Chinese 但是 (dànshì, “but, however”).^[1] Is tiam sis an alternative form?”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta˥.ʂi˩/

Conjunction

tab sis

but, however

References

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 227.

[1] Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 227.

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