Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 7
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* IPA(key): /dæɡ/
* Rhymes: -æɡ
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IPA(key): /dæɡ/
- Rhymes: -æɡ
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 1
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From Old English _dagge_, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch _dag_, _dagge_, _dagh_.
NOUN
DAG (_plural_ DAGS)
* A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
From Old English dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh.
dag (plural dags)
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A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 2
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From _daglock_ or _daggle-lock_.
NOUN
DAG (_plural_ DAGS)
* A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
* Wedgwood
Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in DAGS or jags at a sheep's tail.
* 1998, _Wool: Volume 8, Issue 10_, as published by the Massey Wool Association:
He was one of the first significant private buyers of wool in New Zealand, playing a major part in bringing respectability to what at first was a very diverse group. He pioneered the pelletising of DAG waste.
* 1999, G. C. Waghorn, N. G. Gregory, S. E. Todd, and R. Wesselink, _Dags in sheep; a look at faeces and reasons for DAG formation_, published in the _Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association_ 61, on pages 43–49:
The development of DAGS first requires some faeces to adhere to wool, but this is only the initial step in accumulation.
* 2004, Mette Vaarst, _Animal health and welfare in organic agriculture_, page 323:
[...] and the use of tanniferous forages may affect faecal consistency, reducing the formation of DAG (faeces-coated wool).
* 2006, in the compilation of the _Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, volume 46, issues 1-5_, published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia), on page 7:
[Researchers] note that free pellets are characteristic of healthy sheep and that if sheep consistently produced free pellets, wool staining and DAG formation would not occur.
SYNONYMS
* daglock, taglock
* daggings
* dung tag
* 1989, Paula Simmons, _Raising Sheep the Modern Way_, revised edition, Storey Communications Inc., Pownal Vermont, page 212
Remove dung tags, and do not tie them in with the fleece.
DERIVED TERMS
* daggy
VERB
DAG (_third-person singular simple present_ DAGS, _present participle_ DAGGING, _simple past and past participle_ DAGGED)
* To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.
* 2007, Graeme R. Quick, _Remarkable Australian Farm Machines: Ingenuity on the Land_,
Blade shearers could shear, crutch, mules or DAG sheep anywhere they were needed.
* 2010 January 29, Emma Partridge, Stock Journal, _Richie Foster a cut above the rest_,
After learning how to crutch at 13, he could DAG 400 sheep in a day by the spring of 1965 and earned himself more than just a bit of pocket money.
* To daggle or bemire.
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From daglock or daggle-lock.
dag (plural dags)
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A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
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Wedgwood
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Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.
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1998, Wool: Volume 8, Issue 10, as published by the Massey Wool Association:
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He was one of the first significant private buyers of wool in New Zealand, playing a major part in bringing respectability to what at first was a very diverse group. He pioneered the pelletising of dag waste.
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1999, G. C. Waghorn, N. G. Gregory, S. E.
Todd, and R. Wesselink, Dags in sheep; a look at faeces and reasons for dag formation, published in the Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 61, on pages 43–49:
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The development of dags first requires some faeces to adhere to wool, but this is only the initial step in accumulation.
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2004, Mette Vaarst, Animal health and welfare in organic agriculture, page 323:
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[...] and the use of tanniferous forages
may affect faecal consistency, reducing the formation of dag (faeces-coated wool).
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2006, in the compilation of the Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, volume 46, issues 1-5, published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia),
on page 7:
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[Researchers] note that free pellets are characteristic of healthy sheep and that if sheep consistently produced free pellets, wool staining and dag formation would not occur.
dag (third-person singular simple present dags, present participle
dagging, simple past and past participle dagged)
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To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.
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2007, Graeme R. Quick, Remarkable Australian Farm Machines: Ingenuity on the Land,
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Blade shearers could shear, crutch, mules or dag sheep anywhere they were needed.
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2010 January 29, Emma Partridge, Stock Journal, Richie Foster a cut above the rest,
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After learning how to crutch at 13, he could dag 400 sheep in a day by the spring of 1965 and earned himself more than just a bit of pocket money.
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To daggle or bemire.
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Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 3
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From Old French _dague_ (from Old Provençal _dague_, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin _*daca_ (“Dacian knife”), from the Roman province Dacia (roughly modern Romania); the ending is possibly the faintly pejorative _-ard_ suffix, as in _poignard_ (“dagger”)); cognate with _dagger_.
NOUN
DAG (_plural_ DAGS)
* A skewer.
* A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
* (obsolete) A dagger; a poniard.
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* (obsolete) A kind of large pistol.
* Foxe
The Spaniards discharged their DAGS, and hurt some.
* Grose
A sort of pistol, called DAG, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts.
* The unbranched antler of a young deer.
VERB
DAG (_third-person singular simple present_ DAGS, _present participle_ DAGGING, _simple past and past participle_ DAGGED)
* (transitive) To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
* (transitive) To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags
From Old French dague (from Old Provençal dague, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *daca (“Dacian knife”), from the Roman province Dacia (roughly modern Romania); the ending is possibly the faintly pejorative -ard suffix, as in poignard (“dagger”)); cognate with dagger.
dag (plural dags)
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A skewer.
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A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
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(obsolete) A dagger; a poniard.
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(obsolete) A kind of large pistol.
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The unbranched antler of a
young deer.
dag (third-person singular simple present dags, present participle
dagging, simple past and past participle dagged)
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(transitive) To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
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(transitive) To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags
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Back-formation from _daggy_.
NOUN
DAG (_plural_ DAGS)
* (Australia slang, New Zealand derogatory slang) One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance.
* 2004 July 25, Debbie Kruger, Melbourne Weekly Magazine, _All the World's a Stage_,
Now, wide-eyed and unfashionably excited ("I’m such a DAG!" she remarks several times), she has the leading role of Viola in the Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of Twelfth Night, opening on August 10 at the Victorian Arts Centre Playhouse.
* 2006 September 26, TV Week, _Klancie Keough eliminated_,
What did you think about Mark calling you a DAG?
To me a DAG is a person who doesn't have a lot of pride in their appearance or the way they present themselves — the way they sing and how they hold themselves basically. But it didn't really bother me. He said, "You're such a DAG, you're cool." I took it as "you're a laidback person". The way they cut it and edited it made it sound on TV like I was grumpy about it, but I wasn't. It was pretty funny how it came across.
* 2009 November 14, Daily Telegraph, _Catherine Zeta - Hollywood's biggest DAG?_,
SHE is one of Hollywood's most beautiful leading ladies and has access to any fashion designers, so then why is Catherine Zeta-Jones dressing like a bag lady?
* 2010 January 15, Michael Dwyer, The Age, _Talented DAG plucks up the cool_,
A graduate of film studies in New York, May has had a hand in editing two of his three videos. Each casts him as a bespectacled DAG in a world of glamour.
RELATED TERMS
* daggy (adj)
SYNONYMS
* dork, loser, nerd
USAGE NOTES
* May be used as form of endearment, perhaps with the intention of indicating fellowship or sympathy with regard to apparent rejection of societal norms.
TRANSLATIONS
Back-formation from daggy.
dag (plural dags)
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(Australia slang, New Zealand derogatory slang) One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance.
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2004 July 25, Debbie Kruger, Melbourne Weekly Magazine, All the World's a Stage,
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Now, wide-eyed and unfashionably excited ("I’m such a dag!" she remarks several times), she has the leading role of Viola in the Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of Twelfth Night, opening on August 10 at the Victorian Arts Centre Playhouse.
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2006 September 26, TV Week, Klancie Keough eliminated,
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What did you think about Mark calling you a dag?
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To me a dag is a person who doesn't have a lot of pride in their appearance or the way they present themselves — the way they sing and how they hold themselves basically. But it didn't really bother me. He said, "You're such a dag, you're cool." I took it as "you're a laidback person". The way they cut it and edited it made it sound on TV like I was grumpy about it, but I wasn't. It was pretty funny how it came across.
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2009 November 14, Daily Telegraph, Catherine Zeta - Hollywood's biggest dag?,
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SHE is one of Hollywood's most beautiful leading ladies and has access to any fashion designers, so then why is Catherine Zeta-Jones dressing like a bag lady?
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2010 January 15, Michael Dwyer, The Age, Talented dag plucks up the cool,
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A graduate of film studies in New York, May has had a hand in editing two of his three videos. Each casts him as a bespectacled dag in a world of glamour.
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English - Anagrams
* GAD, Gad, gad, GDA
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryAFRIKAANS - ETYMOLOGY 1
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From Old Norse _dagr_, from Proto-Germanic _*dagaz_ (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European _*dʰegʷʰ-_ (“to burn”).
From Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).
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* IPA(key): dæː
* Rhymes: -æː
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IPA(key): dæː
- Rhymes: -æː
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* IPA(key): /dɑx/
* Rhymes: -ɑx
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IPA(key): /dɑx/
- Rhymes: -ɑx
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From Old Dutch _dag_, from Proto-Germanic _*dagaz_, from Proto-Indo-European _*dʰegʷʰ-_ (“to burn, to be illuminated”). Cognate with German _Tag_, West Frisian _dei_, English _day_, Danish _dag_.
NOUN
DAG m (_plural_ DAGEN, _diminutive_ DAGJE n _or_ DAAGJE n)
* day (period of 24 hours)
* daytime (time between sunrise and sunset)
SYNONYMS
* (24 hours) etmaal n
DERIVED TERMS
INTERJECTION
DAG!
* hello, short for _goedendag_ (“good day”) 'goodday; goodbye'
* goodbye, same shortening
SYNONYMS
* (bye): daag, ciao, salut (French), saluut (Flemish), saluutjes (Flemish), vaarwel, tot ziens, tot hoors, tot horens, doei (Netherlands), doeg (Netherlands)
* (hello): hallo, hoi, heei/hey, goedendag/goeiendag, jow (familiar, Flemish), hoi (Netherlands)
From Old Dutch dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”). Cognate with German Tag, West Frisian dei, English day, Danish dag.
dag m (plural dagen, diminutive dagje n or daagje n)
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day (period of 24 hours)
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daytime (time between sunrise and sunset)
dag!
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hello, short for goedendag (“good day”) 'goodday; goodbye'
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goodbye, same shortening
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(bye): daag,
ciao, salut (French), saluut
(Flemish), saluutjes
(Flemish), vaarwel, tot ziens, tot hoors, tot horens, doei (Netherlands), doeg (Netherlands)
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(hello): hallo, hoi, heei/hey, goedendag/goeiendag, jow (familiar, Flemish), hoi
(Netherlands)
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Germanic, cognate with English _dag_ (“hanging end, shred”).
ALTERNATIVE FORMS
* (obsolete) dagge, dagh
NOUN
DAG f (_plural_ DAGGEN, _diminutive_ DAGJE n)
* A piece of rope, used to punish sailors with, on the spot or in running the gauntlet
* A line used to fasten young sailors while training boarding a hostile ship or climbing the rigging
SYNONYMS
* (punitive rope): dagtouwtje n
DERIVED TERMS
* handdag
Germanic, cognate with English dag (“hanging end, shred”).
dag f (plural daggen, diminutive dagje n)
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A piece of rope, used to punish sailors with, on the spot or in running the gauntlet
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A line used to fasten young sailors while training boarding a hostile ship or climbing the rigging
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryFAROESE - PRONUNCIATION
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* IPA(key): /tɛaː/
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DAG
* hello
dag
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hello
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Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryMIDDLE LOW GERMAN - ALTERNATIVE FORMS
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Middle Low German - Alternative Forms
* dach (more common spelling marking pronunciation rather than morphology)
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From Old Saxon _dag_, from Proto-Germanic _*dagaz_.
From Old Saxon dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
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* IPA(key): /dʌx/
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From Old Norse _dagr_, from Proto-Germanic _*dagaz_, from Proto-Indo-European _*dʰegʷʰ-_ (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
From Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryNORWEGIAN BOKMÅL - NOUN
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* “dag” in _The Bokmål Dictionary_.
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryNORWEGIAN NYNORSK - ETYMOLOGY
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From Old Norse _dagr_, from Proto-Germanic _*dagaz_, from Proto-Indo-European _*dʰegʷʰ-_ (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
From Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
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* “dag” in _The Nynorsk Dictionary_.
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryOLD DUTCH - ETYMOLOGY
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From Proto-Germanic _*dagaz_, from Proto-Indo-European _*dʰegʷʰ-_ (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryOLD DUTCH - NOUN
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DAG m
* day
DECLENSION
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* Dutch: dag
dag m
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day
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Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryOLD SAXON - ETYMOLOGY
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From Proto-Germanic _*dagaz_, (compare Old English _dæġ_, Old Dutch _dag_, Old High German _tag_, Old Frisian _dei_, Old Norse _dagr_), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European _*dʰegʷʰ-_ (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, (compare Old English dæġ, Old Dutch dag, Old High German tag, Old Frisian dei, Old Norse dagr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European
*dʰegʷʰ- (“to
burn, to be illuminated”).
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryOLD SAXON - NOUN
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DAG m
* day
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* Dutch Low Saxon: dag
* German Low German: Dag
dag m
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day
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categorySWEDISH - ETYMOLOGY
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From Old Swedish _dagher_, from Old Norse _dagr_, from Proto-Germanic _*dagaz_, from Proto-Indo-European _*dʰegʷʰ-_ (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
From Old Swedish dagher, from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
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* IPA(key): /dɑː(ɡ)/
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* dag in _Svenska Akademiens Ordlista_ över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryTURKMEN - ETYMOLOGY
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From Old Turkic _tag_, from Proto-Turkic _*tāg_, _*dāg_ (“mountain”).
From Old Turkic tag, from Proto-Turkic
*tāg, *dāg (“mountain”).
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Which the Definition/Meaning of dag in categoryWHITE HMONG - PRONUNCIATION
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* IPA(key): /d̪a̤˧˩/
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* Ernest E. Heimbach, _White Hmong - English Dictionary_ (1979, SEAP Publications)