sawv

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *sjouX (“to stand, get up”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʂaɨ̯˧˦/

Verb

sawv

  1. to arise, get up

Derived terms
  • sawv cev (“to represent”)
  • sawv daws (“everyone”)
  • sawv hlo (“to get up”)
  • sawv ntsug (“to stand up”)
  • sawv ntxov (“morning”)
  • zaj sawv (“rainbow”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 290.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 282.
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