txha

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tshuŋX (“bone”). Peiros suggests a relation with Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔaaŋ ~ *cʔaiŋ (“bone”), whence Vietnamese xương (“bone, skeleton”); however, there are phonetic issues due to the presence of labial initials in Mienic forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʰa˧/

Noun

txha

1. skeleton
2. bone(s)

Derived terms

• pob txha

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 388.