ntxhw

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White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ntshʉᶜ (“elephant”),[1] probably borrowed from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tsaŋ (“id”), the latter apparently borrowed from Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ntxhw (classifer: tus)

  1. elephant

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 217.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 280.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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