ntswg

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White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mbruiH (“nose”). Compare also Biao-Jiao Mien bli⁶; outside of Hmong-Mien, compare Old Chinese 鼻 (OC *blids, “nose”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᶯd͡ʐɨ˧˩̤/

Noun

ntswg

(used in compounds) nose

Derived terms

caj ntswg (“nose bridge”)
kwv ntswg (“to turn the nose away in disgust; nose-up, arrogant, conceited”)
qhov ntswg (“nose, nostril”)
taub ntswg (“tip of the nose”)
txhaws ntswg (“plugged nose, stuffy nose”)
txiv ntswg (“tip of the nose”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 206.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 51; 279.

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