nyias

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White Hmong[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *ɲenᴮ (“thin”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 姌 (MC nyemX|nemX, “slender”).[1]

Adjective[edit]

nyias

  1. thin, not thick
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Maybe a semantic extension of Etymology 1? "thin" > "thin cloth" > "baby-carrying cloth" could make some sense.”

Noun[edit]

nyias (classifier: daim)

  1. a cloth for carrying a baby on one's back, a baby carrier

Etymology 3[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Native Hmongic? Doesn't seem to bear resemblance to any other words with similar meaning in East Asia except for maybe Chinese 每 (měi, “every”) and Japanese 各々 (onoono), though the Chinese is a stretch and Japonic doesn't seem to share much, if any, connection with Hmong-Mien.”

Determiner[edit]

nyias

  1. each, each one
    Nyias muaj nyias npe. ― Each has their own name.

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 219-220.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 157; 280.
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