tsaus

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *pruwᴰ (“dark”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂau̯˩/

Noun

tsaus

  1. the dark, darkness

Adjective

tsaus

  1. dark
    tsaus tsaus li ― very dark
    Lub qab daus tsaus heev. ― The basement was very dark.

Derived terms

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 347.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
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