twm

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Tawang Monpa. === Symbol === twm (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tawang Monpa. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Tawang Monpa terms == White Hmong == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɨ˩̰/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle Chinese 特 (MC dok, “bull, ox”). ==== Noun ==== twm (classifier: tus) buffalo, water buffalo tus twm nyob hauv liaj ― the buffalo in the rice paddy === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Middle Chinese 讀 (MC duwk, “to read, recite texts”). ==== Verb ==== twm to read Synonym: nyeem Ob tug menyuam tabtom twm ib phau ntawv. ― The two children are reading a book. === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== twm single, independent, lone, alone twm tswb ― a single wild boar (which keeps to itself) used in twm xeeb (“impatient, self-absorbed, narrow-minded”) ===== Usage notes ===== Attached before nouns, rather than after, in contrast to most Hmong adjectives. === References === Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 331.