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)

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, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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