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*TODO: kl gl sk > q
*TODO: kl gl sk > q
*bach = small, meer = big
*bach = small, meer = big
*hleubh = to love (hlub means "to love" in Hmong)
* leubh = to love (hlub means "to love" in Hmong)
*kein = archaic negative word
*kein = archaic negative word
*ein = emphasis/'rather'
*ein = emphasis/'rather'
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*cu = copper
*cu = copper
*yaus tça koch = snowflake (tça <- Hlou Ntzä)
*yaus tça koch = snowflake (tça <- Hlou Ntzä)
*koch = sand (-> Hlou Schoh)
*Poch = Ko mythical weapon
*Poch = Ko mythical weapon


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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)