daix
Iu Mien
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong-Mien *təjH (“to kill”). Cognate with White Hmong tua and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] daot. Compare Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ (“to die”) and Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay (“to die”).
Verb
[edit]daix
- to kill