tuaj

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuə̯˥˧/

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *daj (“to come”). Cognate with Iu Mien daaih.

Verb

tuaj

1. to come (to a place which is not one's home / a place where one does not reside)
   • 1994, Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, page 262:

     “Koj tuaj los[?]” (“You've come, eh?”) […] “Kuv tuaj os[.]” (“I've come.”)

Antonyms

• los

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)