ntuj
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White Hmong[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ndɛuŋ (“sky, heaven”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ntuj (classifier: lub)
Classifier[edit]
ntuj
- classifier for something of vast expanse as the heavens
- ib ntuj hluav taws ― a great expanse of fire, a conflagration
Derived terms[edit]
- tshav ntuj (“sunlight”)
References[edit]
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 193.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 279.