yaj
Translingual
Symbol
yaj
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Banda-Yangere terms
Q'eqchi
Adjective
yaj
Derived terms
- yajel (“illness”)
- yajerk (“fall ill”, verb)
Further reading
- Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]
San Martín Itunyoso Triqui
Etymology
Cognate with Chicahuaxtla Triqui yaj³a.
Noun
yaj
References
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano (1999) El alfabeto del triqui de San Martín, Itunyoso[2] (in Spanish)
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝa˥˧/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hmong *jaŋᴬ (“to dissolve, melt”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 煬 (MC yang|yangH, “to melt”).[1]
Verb
yaj
Etymology 2
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *juŋ (“sheep, goat”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 羊 (MC yang, “id”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] yonf (“goat”) and Iu Mien yungh.[2]
Noun
yaj (classifier: tus)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 418-9.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 166; 285.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 175; 285.