ncauj
Appearance
White Hmong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ɲɟuj (“mouth, beak”), perhaps borrowed from Old Chinese 嘴 (OC *ʔseʔ, “beak, mouth”) or otherwise related to the latter's proto-form, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ts(j)ul (“lip; beak”). Cognate with Iu Mien nzuih.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ncauj (classifier: lub)
Derived terms
[edit]- di ncauj (“the lips”)
- qhov ncauj (“the mouth”)
References
[edit]- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 80; 277.