ntses

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mbrəuX (“fish”). Cognate with Iu Mien mbiauz; outside of Hmong-Mien, compare Proto-Tai *plaːᴬ (“id”), whence Thai ปลา (bplaa, “id”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᶯd͡ʐe˩/

Noun

ntses (classifier: tus)

  1. fish

Derived terms

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 199.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 235; 279.
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