tsaus ntuj zuag

White Hmong

Etymology

tsaus ntuj (“late evening”) +‎ zuag (“dim, dark”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂau̯˩.ⁿdu˥˧.ʐuə̯˧˩̤/

Noun

tsaus ntuj zuag

  1. evening, dusk (roughly 6 PM - 7 PM); the part of the evening where it is getting dark, but where one can still see people in natural lighting

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 441.
  • Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 42.
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