tsaug

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White Hmong

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-dzjeiH (porcupine).[1]

Noun

tsaug (classifier: tus)

  1. a porcupine, especially a large long-quilled one
    txoj kab tsaugporcupine trail

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[2] If the original meaning is "to thank", then perhaps borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC zjaeH, “to thank, apologize”), with semantic shift "thank" > "acknowledge hard work" > "hard work" > "tiredness"? That said, maybe the "thank" and "weak, tired" meanings are separate, in which case further origins are further obscured.”

Adjective

tsaug

  1. used in ua tsaug (to thank; thanks)
  2. weak, feeble, sickly, tired
    tsaug tsaug leeg livery weak, feeble
Derived terms

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Bears a vague resemblance to Chinese (, “to wash, rinse”) or (, “to sprinkle, splash”), though it doesn't seem like the hypothetical proto-Hmongic form can link to these terms.”

Verb

tsaug

  1. to rinse
  2. to wash by shaking something in water (e.g. vegetables)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 346-7.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25