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)

  1. elephant

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 217.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 280.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25