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|nativename = lees ndoigh Komh | |nativename = lees ndoigh Komh | ||
|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]] | |setting = [[Verse:Tricin]] | ||
|state = | |state = ??? | ||
|familycolor=hmong-mien | |familycolor=hmong-mien | ||
|fam1=[[Hlou-Shum languages|Hlou-Shum]] | |fam1=[[Hlou-Shum languages|Hlou-Shum]] | ||
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*Explain: lexical mutation in Hlou, grammatical mutation in Ko | *Explain: lexical mutation in Hlou, grammatical mutation in Ko | ||
**Hlou lexical mutation could have arisen from a grammatical mutation system where the particles fell away | **Hlou lexical mutation could have arisen from a grammatical mutation system where the particles fell away | ||
*''dor'' = to be born ~ Hlou '' | *''dor'' = to be born ~ Hlou ''Ndob'' 'person' | ||
*TODO: kl gl sk > q | *TODO: kl gl sk > q | ||
*bach = small, meer = big | *bach = small, meer = big | ||
* | * leubh = to love (hlub means "to love" in Hmong) | ||
*kein = archaic negative word | *kein = archaic negative word | ||
*ein = emphasis/'rather' | *ein = emphasis/'rather' | ||
*koobh = good | *koobh = good | ||
*cu = copper | *cu = copper | ||
*yaus tça koch = snowflake (tça <- Hlou Ntzä) | |||
*koch = sand (-> Hlou Schoh) | |||
*Poch = Ko mythical weapon | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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*lees = nominalization, way of X-ing | *lees = nominalization, way of X-ing | ||
**''doigh'' = 'to speak'; ''lees ndoigh'' 'language' | **''doigh'' = 'to speak'; ''lees ndoigh'' 'language' | ||
*yaus = other inanimate objects | |||
**''yaus tça koch'' 'snowflake' | |||
*In archaic language: fancy apparently ad-hoc classifiers for different animals and fruits (cf. English ''murder of crows'' except "murder" is a classifier) | *In archaic language: fancy apparently ad-hoc classifiers for different animals and fruits (cf. English ''murder of crows'' except "murder" is a classifier) | ||