• tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poob

    From Proto-Hmong *pʉŋᴬ (“to fall”), probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 崩 (MC pong, “to collapse, crumble”).[1]

    1. to lose, fail
      Nws poob nyiaj rau kev twv txiaj. ― He loses money to gambling.
      Nws poob hoob. ― He fails a class

    Darn that Proto-Hmong crowd and their modern, trendy words.