nyuj

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ŋiuŋ (water buffalo, cow), borrowed from Old Chinese (OC *ŋʷɯ, “cow”), albeit with an unexpected nasalization of the ending consonant in the Hmong-Mien form.[1] The White Hmong form's loss of the nasal may be due to phonetic influence from modern Mandarin (niú). Cognate with Iu Mien ngongh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nyuj (classifier: tus)

  1. cow or bull
    nyuj nqovthe cow bellows

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 88; 165; 280.