ntshav

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ntshjamX (“blood”). Cognate with Iu Mien nziaamv; outside of Hmong-Mien, compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *jhaam (“id”), whence Khmer ឈាម (chiəm, “id”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᶯt͡ʂʰa˧˦/

Noun

ntshav (classifier: cov)

  1. blood

References
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 236; 279.
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