puab tsaig

White Hmong[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

puab tsiag

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “"puab" means "molar tooth" in proto-Hmongic, but what is "tsaig"? Ratliff considers the word native Hmongic, though.^[1]”

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /puə̯˥.t͡ʂai̯˧˩̤/

Noun[edit]

puab tsaig (classifier: lub)

chin, jaw

References[edit]

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 236.

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

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puab tsaig

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