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White Hmong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong *pruwᴰ (“dark”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tsaus
Adjective
[edit]tsaus
- dark
- tsaus tsaus li ― very dark
- Lub qab daus tsaus heev. ― The basement was very dark.
Derived terms
[edit]- tsaus ntuj zuag (“dusk”)
- tsaus ntuj (“the night, evening”)
References
[edit]- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 347.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.