txhais

White Hmong edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /t͡sʰai̯˩/

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Classifier edit

txhais

classifier for arms, hands, and feet
ib txhais tes ― one hand
classifier for things associated with the above
Kuv txhais khau ntuag lawm. ― My shoe (one) has worn out.

Etymology 2 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Sinitic borrowing? Seems vaguely similar to Middle Chinese 釋 (MC syek, “to explain, elucidate”).”

Verb edit

txhais

to explain, to interpret
txhais tsis tau ― cannot explain it

Derived terms edit

txhais lus

Etymology 3 edit

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Verb edit

txhais

(of a trap) to trigger, spring, snap, go off
Rooj ntxiab txhais raug ib tug nas. ― The trap caught a mouse.

References edit

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 389.