yaj

Q'eqchi

Adjective

yaj

1. sick, ill

Derived terms

• yajel (“illness”)
• yajerk (“fall ill”, verb)

Further reading

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]

San Martín Itunyoso Triqui

Etymology

Cognate with Chicahuaxtla Triqui yaj³a.

Noun

yaj

1. flower

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano (1999) El alfabeto del triqui de San Martín, Itunyoso‎^[2] (in Spanish)

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝa˥˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *jaŋᴬ (“to dissolve, melt”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 煬 (MC yang|yangH, “to melt”).

Verb

yaj

1. to melt
2. to dissolve
3. to disappear, to evaporate

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *juŋ (“sheep, goat”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 羊 (MC yang, “id”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] yonf (“goat”) and Iu Mien yungh.

Noun

yaj (classifier: tus)

1. sheep, lamb

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 418-9.