txaj

White Hmong

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *dzaŋᴬ (“ashamed”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 慚 (MC dzam, “ashamed, embarrassed”).[1]

Adjective

txaj

  1. ashamed, embarrassed
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

txaj (classifier: lub)

  1. a room
    txaj pw ― a bedroom
    txaj tsev ― a room in a house

Etymology 3

Noun

txaj (classifier: lub)

  1. a bed, a sleeping platform
  2. a mattress

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 373.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 166; 284.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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