txaj
White Hmong
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Hmong *dzaŋᴬ (“ashamed”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 慚 (MC dzam, “ashamed, embarrassed”).[1]
Adjective
edittxaj
Derived terms
edit- txaj muag (“shame-faced, ashamed”)
Etymology 2
editNoun
edittxaj (classifier: lub)
- a room
- txaj pw ― a bedroom
- txaj tsev ― a room in a house
Etymology 3
editNoun
edittxaj (classifier: lub)
References
edit- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 373.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 166; 284.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
Categories:
- White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong
- White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong
- White Hmong terms borrowed from Middle Chinese
- White Hmong terms derived from Middle Chinese
- White Hmong lemmas
- White Hmong adjectives
- White Hmong terms borrowed from Chinese
- White Hmong terms derived from Chinese
- White Hmong nouns
- White Hmong terms with usage examples