yog

Translingual

Symbol

yog

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yogad.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Yogad terms

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *jəŋᶜ (“to be”). Related to Proto-Hmong *ʔɲəŋᴬ (“to be at, to live”) (whence nyob (“to be at, to live”), as well as probably Proto-Mien *ʔjəmᴬ (“to be at, to live”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʝɒ˧˩̤/

Verb

yog

  1. to be: am, are, is, was, were

Adverb

yog

  1. right, correct

Interjection

yog

  1. yes

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 161; 212; 285.
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