zaj sawv

White Hmong

Etymology

zaj (“dragon”) +‎ sawv (“to rise”), literally “the dragon rises”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʐa˥˧.ʂaɨ̯˧˦/

Noun

zaj sawv (classifier: tus)

  1. a rainbow

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 433.
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