ntsaum
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White Hmong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong *mbrɔᴰ (“ant”), an areal word shared with Khmer ស្រមោច (srɑmaoc, “id”), Thai มด (mót, “id”), Malay semut (“id”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ntsaum (classifier: tus)
Derived terms
[edit]- ntsaum kab rwg (“termite”)
- ntsaum liab (“red ant, fire ant”)
- ntsaum nab (“a kind of large black ant with a powerful and painful stinger”)
- ntsaum qaub (“sour ant; a species of larger red ant whose adults have a sour taste and who web mango leaves together for shelter”)
References
[edit]- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 198.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 237; 279.