ntswg
White Hmong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mbruiH (“nose”). Compare also Biao-Jiao Mien bli⁶; outside of Hmong-Mien, compare Old Chinese 鼻 (OC *blids, “nose”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ntswg
- (used in compounds) nose
Derived terms
[edit]- caj ntswg (“nose bridge”)
- kwv ntswg (“to turn the nose away in disgust; nose-up, arrogant, conceited”)
- qhov ntswg (“nose, nostril”)
- taub ntswg (“tip of the nose”)
- txhaws ntswg (“plugged nose, stuffy nose”)
- txiv ntswg (“tip of the nose”)
References
[edit]- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 206.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 51; 279.