tsaus ntuj zuag

White Hmong

Etymology

tsaus ntuj (“late evening”) +‎ zuag (“dim, dark”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂau̯˩.ⁿdu˥˧.ʐuə̯˧˩̤/

Noun

tsaus ntuj zuag

  1. evening, dusk (roughly 6 PM - 7 PM); the part of the evening where it is getting dark, but where one can still see people in natural lighting

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 441.
  • Jaisser, Annie; Ratliff, Martha; Riddle, Elizabeth; Strecker, David; Vang, Lopao; Vang, Lyfu (1995), Hmong For Beginners‎[2], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 42.
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