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White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ndɛuŋ (“sky, heaven”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ntuj (classifier: lub)
- the sky, the heavens
- huab nyob saum ntuj ― a cloud in the sky
Classifier
ntuj
- classifier for something of vast expanse as the heavens
- ib ntuj hluav taws ― a great expanse of fire, a conflagration
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 193.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 279.