ntsaum

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *mbrɔᴰ (“ant”), an areal word shared with Khmer ស្រមោច (srɑmaoc, “id”), Thai มด (mót, “id”), Malay semut (“id”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᶯd͡ʐau̯˩̰/

Noun

ntsaum (classifier: tus)

  1. ant

Derived terms
  • 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
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 198.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 237; 279.
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