tsaus
White Hmong
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hmong *pruwᴰ (“dark”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittsaus
Adjective
edittsaus
- dark
- tsaus tsaus li ― very dark
- Lub qab daus tsaus heev. ― The basement was very dark.
Derived terms
edit- tsaus ntuj zuag (“dusk”)
- tsaus ntuj (“the night, evening”)
References
edit- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 347.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.