pliaj

Esperanto

Adjective

pliaj

  1. plural of plia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pliage.

Noun

pliaj n (uncountable)

  1. folding

Declension
declension of pliaj (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pliaj pliajul
genitive/dative (unui) pliaj pliajului
vocative pliajule

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *bl-ᴬ (“forehead”); compare Proto-Tai *praːkᴰ (“id”), whence Thai ผาก (pàak, “id”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pˡiə̯˥˧/

Noun

pliaj

  1. (used in compounds) the forehead

Derived terms
  • hau pliaj (“the forehead”)
  • hauv pliaj (“the forehead”)
  • plim pliaj (“to tilt the forehead back, to throw the head back with the forehead turned upward”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 251.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 47; 281.
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