tsuag

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂuə̯˧˩̤/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *dzjæᶜ (“bland, tasteless”).[1]

Adjective

tsuag

  1. saltless, flatin taste, flavorless, bland
    Antonym: daw

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong *bru̯aᶜ (“rat”).[1]

Noun

tsuag (classifier: tus)

  1. mouse, rat
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Adverb

tsuag

  1. used in tsuag tsuag (“quickly”)

Etymology 4

Noun

tsuag

  1. to forcibly expel liquid from a small opening or from the mouth
  2. to spray, to sprinkle

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 357-8.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010), Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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