ncig

White Hmong

Etymology

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Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. The proto-Hmongic form would be something similar to *ɲciᶜ or *ɲɟiᶜ, which seems to correspond to tsy and gjw in Middle Chinese. Borrowed from Middle Chinese 周 (MC tsyuw, “to encircle; whole, complete”) then? Even the tonal category seems to match (去聲／去声 (qùshēng), aka the departing tone or tone C).”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᶮɟi˧˩̤/

Verb

ncig

to encircle, to go completely around
Hmab ncig ntoo. ― The vine encircles the tree.

Noun

ncig

a turn (around)
ua ib ncig ― to do one turn around

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 147.