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Etymology
From yoov (“fly, gnat”) + a disyllabic tshaj cum (“tall and thin; slight in build”), whose constituent syllables are of unknown interpretation.
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Particularly: “The syllables in tshaj cum seem vaguely like they could be a Sinitic borrowing, but there's only vague resemblances in Sintic comparanda (like 瘦 (shòu), 㾪 (shěng), 瘠 (jí)).”
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝɒ̃˧˦.t͡ʂʰa˥˧.cu˩̰/
Noun
yoov tshaj cum (classifier: tus)
- mosquito