ntuj

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ndɛuŋ (“sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ⁿdu˥˧/

Noun

ntuj (classifier: lub)

1. the sky, the heavens

   huab nyob saum ntuj ― a cloud in the sky

Classifier

ntuj

1. classifier for something of vast expanse as the heavens

   ib ntuj hluav taws ― a great expanse of fire, a conflagration

Derived terms

• tshav ntuj (“sunlight”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 193.