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Etymology 1
From earlier.

Determiner

 * 1)  this
 * 2)  O vocative reference

Usage notes
This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows the noun it describes.

Alternative forms
There is also an alternative form that cannot stand alone as a pronoun:.

Pronoun

 * 1)  ; one, someone or something unspecified

Usage notes
can be used as a subject without any introductory particle only with a verb in the periphrastic prospective (the pseudoverbal construction with ).

In the sense referring to the king, this pronoun is conventionally translated as capitalized “One”.

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬; outside of Hmong-Mien, compare 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬, as well as 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) tail