pob
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *pọb, from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos (compare Old Irish cách), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo-; cognate with Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, “what kind of”) and Lithuanian kõks (“what kind of”).
Pronoun
pob
Welsh
Alternative forms
- pawb (literary)
Etymology
From Middle Welsh pawb, from Old Welsh paup, from Proto-Brythonic *pọb, from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos (compare Cornish pub, Breton peb, Old Irish cách), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo- (compare Lithuanian kóks (“any, some, whatever”), Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, “what kind of”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poːb/
- Rhymes: -oːb
Determiner
pob
- each, every
- Mae pob dydd yn wahanol ― Every day is different
- Dw i yn y swyddfa bob dydd ― I'm in the office every day
Derived terms
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| pob | bob | mhob | phob |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “pob”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pob”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 173-4
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɒ˥/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (“to cover, wrap; bag, package”).[1][2]
Noun
pob
Etymology 2
Noun
pob
- only used in pob txha (“bone, skeleton, fossil”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
- John Duffy (2007) Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 200.