yaj

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Q'eqchi[edit]

Adjective[edit]

yaj

  1. sick, ill

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

San Martín Itunyoso Triqui[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Chicahuaxtla Triqui yaj³a.

Noun[edit]

yaj

  1. flower

References[edit]

White Hmong[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *jaŋᴬ (“to dissolve, melt”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 煬 (MC yang|yangH, “to melt”).[1]

Verb[edit]

yaj

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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.[2]

Noun[edit]

yaj (classifier: tus)

  1. sheep, lamb

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 418-9.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 166; 285.
  2. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 175; 285.
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