ntuj

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ndɛuŋ (“sky, heaven”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ntuj (classifier: lub)

  1. the sky, the heavens
    huab nyob saum ntuj ― a cloud in the sky

Classifier[edit]

ntuj

  1. classifier for something of vast expanse as the heavens
    ib ntuj hluav taws ― a great expanse of fire, a conflagration

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 193.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 279.
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