nyuj

See also: nyűj

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ŋiuŋ (“water buffalo, cow”), borrowed from Old Chinese 牛 (OC *ŋʷɯ, “cow”), albeit with an unexpected nasalization of the ending consonant in the Hmong-Mien form. The White Hmong form's loss of the nasal may be due to phonetic influence from modern Mandarin 牛 (niú). Cognate with Iu Mien ngongh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲu˥˧/

Noun

nyuj (classifier: tus)

1. cow or bull

   nyuj nqov ― the cow bellows

References

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