tshav

White Hmong edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /t͡ʂʰa˧˦/

Etymology 1 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Depending on how the Proto-Hmongic term is reconstructed (with a *tshj- or *phr- initial), could be potentially related to Khmer ភ្លឺ (phlɨɨ, “to shine; daybreak”) or Vietnamese sáng (“bright”).”

Noun edit

tshav (classifier: cov)

the light of the heavens, sunlight, moonlight

Verb edit

tshav

to shine
Lub ntuj tshav lawm. ― The sky is sunny.

Derived terms edit

tshav kub (“sunburn”)
tshav ntuj (“sunshine”)

Etymology 2 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Probably borrowed from Chinese 場／场 (chǎng, “open space, field”).”

Noun edit

tshav (classifier: lub)

a broad level area; a plain, field
lub tshav ua si ― a playground

tshav dav hlau ― an airport

Lawv mus ua si nram lub tshav ncaws pob. ― They went to play in the football field.

Derived terms edit

tshav pob (“a ball field”)

Etymology 3 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. The "plane" meaning might be related to Old Chinese 刨 (OC *bruː, “to plane, shave”)? The "beat down" or "touch by accident" meanings may be separate.”

Verb edit

tshav

to beat down grain stubble in the field in preparation for burning it off
tshav quav nplej ― to beat down the rice straw for burning
to plane wood
tshav ntoo ― to plane wood

lub tshav ― a carpenter's plane
to touch by accident, make unintended contact
Nws mus tshav tsog tsuag. ― He made unintended contact with wild spirits.

References edit

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 363.