tshaib

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tshje (“hungry”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂʰai̯˥/

Adjective

tshaib

  1. hungry

Derived terms

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 363.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.
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