tsaus ntuj zuag

White Hmong

Etymology

tsaus ntuj (“late evening”) +‎ zuag (“dim, dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʂau̯˩.ⁿdu˥˧.ʐuə̯˧˩̤/

Noun

tsaus ntuj zuag

1. evening, dusk (roughly 6 PM - 7 PM); the part of the evening where it is getting dark, but where one can still see people in natural lighting

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 441.
• Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎^[2], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 42.