tsho

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Northern Ndebele[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ò, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb[edit]

-tsho

  1. to say

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Sotho[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tsho

  1. black

White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff (in the "shirt" sense), though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[1]

The "placenta" sense is not mentioned by Ratliff at all. It's probably a semantic extension of the "shirt" meaning (placentas are the outer wear of the child in the womb, in placental mammals at least).”

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tsho (classifier: lub)

  1. shirt, jacket, coat, upper garment with sleeves
  2. used in tsho me nyuam (“placenta, afterbirth”)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 367.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

Xhosa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ò, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb[edit]

-tsho

  1. to say

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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