tsawg

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *dzjok (“few; to lack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʂaɨ̯˧˩̤/

Adjective

tsawg

1. few, least, not many, a little, puny

   Amelikas tsev neeg tsawg dua Hmoob. ― American families are smaller than Hmong (families).

2. used in pes tsawg (“how many?, how much?”)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 347.