ntswg

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mbruiH (“nose”). Compare also Biao-Jiao Mien bli⁶; outside of Hmong-Mien, compare Old Chinese 鼻 (OC *blids, “nose”).[1]

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

Noun

ntswg

  1. (used in compounds) nose

Derived terms
  • caj ntswg (“nose bridge”)
  • kwv ntswg (“to turn the nose away in disgust; nose-up, arrogant, conceited”)
  • qhov ntswg (“nose, nostril”)
  • taub ntswg (“tip of the nose”)
  • txhaws ntswg (“plugged nose, stuffy nose”)
  • txiv ntswg (“tip of the nose”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 206.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 51; 279.
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