ntsej
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White Hmong[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ntseg (under tone sandhi)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mbræu (“ear”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ntsej
Derived terms[edit]
- ntsej muag (“face”)
- pob ntseg (“outer ear”)
- qhov ntsej (“ear canal”)
- taub ntseg (“earlobe”, literally “squash-ear”)
References[edit]
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 199.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 202; 279.