ntsej

White Hmong

Alternative forms

ntseg (under tone sandhi)

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mbræu (“ear”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᶯd͡ʐe˥˧/

Noun

ntsej

ear

Derived terms

ntsej muag (“face”)
pob ntseg (“outer ear”)
qhov ntsej (“ear canal”)
taub ntseg (“earlobe”, literally “squash-ear”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 199.

Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 202; 279.

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