xaws

White Hmong

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.^[1] Any relation to Middle Chinese 繡 (MC sjuwH, “to embroider”)?”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saɨ̯˩/

Verb

xaws

to sew (clothing, etc.), to fasten by sewing

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 406.

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