tsuag
White Hmong
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Hmong *dzjæᶜ (“bland, tasteless”).[1]
Adjective
edittsuag
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Hmong *bru̯aᶜ (“rat”).[1]
Noun
edittsuag (classifier: tus)
Derived terms
edit- nas tsuag (“mouse”)
Etymology 3
editAdverb
edittsuag
- used in tsuag tsuag (“quickly”)
Etymology 4
editNoun
edittsuag
References
edit- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 357-8.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25