nkauj

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᵑɡau̯˥˧/

Etymology 1

Noun

nkauj

  1. a young unmarried female (classifier: tus)
Derived terms
  • hluas nkauj (“young unmarried girl”)
  • nkauj fa (“adulteress”)
  • nkauj muag paj (“prostitute”)
  • nkauj ntsuab nraug nas (“the legendary first woman and man”)
  • nkauj nyab (“a (corncob) doll”)
  • nkauj puas (“young female pig”)
  • nkauj qaib (“a pullet, young hen”)
  • tiav nkauj (“to come to young womanhood”)
  • ua nkauj (“to come to young womanhood”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

nkauj

  1. handsome, beautiful, pretty, precious
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

nkauj (classifier: zaj)

  1. a song, melody
Derived terms
  • hais nkauj (“to sing (a song)”)
  • hu nkauj (“to sing (a song)”)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 152.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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