ncej

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᶮɟe˥˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ɲɟæu (“pillar”).^[1]

Noun

ncej (classifier: tus)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered separate by Heimbach; however, this seems very much a semantic extension of Etymology 1 (the thighs have a pillar-like shape).”

Noun

ncej (classifier: tus)

used in ncej puab (“thigh, upper leg”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 147.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 277.

[1] Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 277.

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