ntxhw
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *ntshʉᶜ (“elephant”),[1] probably borrowed from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tsaŋ (“id”), the latter apparently borrowed from Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ntxhw (classifer: tus)
Derived terms edit
- kaus ntxhw (“ivory”)
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 217.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 280.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25