ntxhua

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ntshuH (“to wash laundry, launder”).[1]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Bears resemblance to certain Chinese words for rubbing and scrubbing, like 搓 (cuō, “to rub between hands”) and 擦 (cā, “to wipe”).”

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ntxhua

  1. to scrub, to wash by scrubbing or pressing
    ntxhua khaub ncaws ― to wash clothes (esp. by scrubbing)

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 216.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 280.
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