lim tiam

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Alternative form of lim piam? The "p"-"t" alternation is quite strange though. Or maybe it's a partial calque, replacing the "piam" with tiam (a generation)?”

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Noun

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lim tiam (classifier: lub)

  1. a week
    Synonyms: lim piam, as thiv