zuag

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White Hmong

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *ræᶜ (“comb”).[1]

Noun

zuag (classifier: lub)

  1. a comb, brush

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rajH (“sharp”).[1]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Bears resemblance to Old Chinese 銳 (OC *l'oːds, *lods, “sharp”), Middle Chinese 利 (MC lijH, “id”).”

Adjective

zuag

  1. pointed, sharp

Verb

zuag

  1. to sharpen to a point
    zuag cwm mem ― to sharpen a pencil

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. Based on the rough reconstructed Hmongic form (something like *raj), perhaps borrowed from Middle Chinese 黎 (MC lej, “black; almost”)?”

Adjective

zuag

  1. dim, dark
Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 441.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 286.
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