ntseg
White Hmong edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ntseg
- Alternative form of ntsej (“ear”) under tone sandhi
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Hmong *ndzjæwᶜ (“vertical, upright”),[1] borrowed from Middle Chinese 直 (MC drik, “straight, vertical”).[2]
Adjective edit
ntseg
- vertically straight, upright, erect, steep (of a roof)
- Tus ncej ntseg. ― The pole is vertically straight.
- Sawv ntseg. ― Stand erect.
- fixed, steady
Derived terms edit
- hnub ntseg (“noon”)
- ntseg ntsos (“up and straight from bottom to top; fixed, steady”)
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 199.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 279.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 116.
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