tsuag

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White Hmong

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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tsuag

  1. saltless, flatin taste, flavorless, bland
    Antonym: daw

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Hmong *bru̯aᶜ (“rat”).[1]

Noun

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tsuag (classifier: tus)

  1. mouse, rat
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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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

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tsuag

  1. used in tsuag tsuag (“quickly”)

Etymology 4

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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

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tsuag

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

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 357-8.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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