tsaug

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂau̯˧˩̤/

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 tsaug ― porcupine trail

Adjective

tsaug

  1. used in ua tsaug (“to thank; thanks”)
  2. weak, feeble, sickly, tired
    tsaug tsaug leeg li ― very weak, feeble
Derived 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
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