siab

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃiəbˠ/ === Noun === siab f alternative form of síob (“gust; ride, lift”) === Verb === siab (present analytic siabann, future analytic siabfaidh, verbal noun siabadh, past participle siabtha) alternative form of síob (“to blow (away), drift”) ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “siabaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1032; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “siab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == White Hmong == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʂiə̯˥/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-hri̯əŋ (“high, tall”), probably borrowed from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-raŋ (“high, long”), whence Chinese 陵 (líng, “mound, hill”) and Burmese မြင့် (mrang., “high, tall”). ==== Adjective ==== siab high, tall ==== Noun ==== siab height === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-hri̯ən (“liver”); possibly related to Middle Chinese 肝 (MC kan, “liver”). Note the difference in coda consonant between this and Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== siab (classifier: nplooj) (anatomy) liver ==== Noun ==== siab (classifier: lub) (figuratively) the liver regarded as the seat of the affections and emotions (like the heart in English) === References === Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 295-8.