zaj sawv

White Hmong

Etymology

zaj (“dragon”) +‎ sawv (“to rise”), literally “the dragon rises”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐa˥˧.ʂaɨ̯˧˦/

Noun

zaj sawv (classifier: tus)

1. a rainbow

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 433.