ntuj

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ndɛuŋ (“sky, heaven”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ⁿdu˥˧/

Noun

ntuj (classifier: lub)

  1. the sky, the heavens
    huab nyob saum ntuj ― a cloud in the sky

Classifier

ntuj

  1. classifier for something of vast expanse as the heavens
    ib ntuj hluav taws ― a great expanse of fire, a conflagration

Derived terms

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 193.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 279.
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