nyiaj
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ɲʷi̯ən (“silver”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 銀 (MC ngin, “silver”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nyiaj (classifier: daim (for bars and ingots))
Noun edit
nyiaj (classifier: lub)
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 219.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 185; 280.