raug

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *drɔᶜ (“to hit a target”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 著 (MC drjo|trjoX|trjoH|trjak|drjak, “to touch, be attached”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʈau̯˧˩̤/

Verb

raug

  1. to encounter, to meet up with
  2. to incur, to suffer or be afflicted with
  3. to have fellowship, to be united in heart
    sib raug zoo ― on very good terms
  4. to know, understand
    Koj yuav sij raug me ntsis. ― You will know a little about it.

Preposition

raug

  1. according to, agreeing with

Adjective

raug

  1. correct, accurate

Derived terms
  • raug mob (“to suffer pain or illness; a wound, injury”)
  • raug nqi (“cost”)
  • raug siab (“pleasing, satisfying”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 275-6.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 125; 210; 282.
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