tsuag

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʂuə̯˧˩̤/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *dzjæᶜ (“bland, tasteless”).^[1]

Adjective

tsuag

saltless, flatin taste, flavorless, bland
Antonym: daw

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong *bru̯aᶜ (“rat”).^[1]

Noun

tsuag (classifier: tus)

mouse, rat

Derived terms

nas tsuag (“mouse”)

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.^[2]”

Adverb

tsuag

used in tsuag tsuag (“quickly”)

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Bears some resemblance to Chinese 出 (chū, “to go out, leave”).”

Noun

tsuag

to forcibly expel liquid from a small opening or from the mouth
to spray, to sprinkle

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 357-8.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

[Ratliff-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.

[radd-2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

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