ntxhuav

White Hmong

Etymology

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Particularly: “Implicitly considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.^[1]”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿt͡sʰuə̯˧˦/

Noun

ntxhuav

clumps of moss or short grass
pob zeb tuaj ntxhuav ― short grass on the rocks

Adjective

ntxhuav

hairy, mossy

Derived terms

ntxhuav pob kws (“corn silk”)
tsov ntxhuav (“lion”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 217.

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