tsuag

White Hmong

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *dzjæᶜ (“bland, tasteless”).[1]

Adjective

tsuag

  1. saltless, flatin taste, flavorless, bland
    Antonym: daw

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong *bru̯aᶜ (“rat”).[1]

Noun

tsuag (classifier: tus)

  1. mouse, rat
Derived terms

Adverb

tsuag

  1. used in tsuag tsuag (“quickly”)

Noun

tsuag

  1. to forcibly expel liquid from a small opening or from the mouth
  2. to spray, to sprinkle

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 357-8.
  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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