xhui

Wutunhua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɧʷi]

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 水.

Noun

xhui

1. water

   gejhai-na zaibala xhui-li wu-she-lio!

   He almost drowned in the water!

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 193)

Related terms

• binxhui (“cold water”)
• xhuiyang (“fish”)

 

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 睡.

Verb

xhui

1. to sleep

   ngu-de she-li huanlan-ma ma-la-li nga be-xhui-ge-li.

   It is too noisy in my home, I can't sleep.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 127)

References

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN