yaj

Q'eqchi

Adjective

yaj

  1. sick, ill

Derived terms
  • yajel (“illness”)
  • yajerk (“fall ill”, verb)

Further reading
  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998)

San Martín Itunyoso Triqui

Etymology

Cognate with Chicahuaxtla Triqui yaj³a.

Noun

yaj

  1. flower

References

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʝa˥˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *jaŋᴬ (“to dissolve, melt”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 煬 (MC yang|yangH, “to melt”).[1]

Verb

yaj

  1. to melt
  2. to dissolve
  3. to disappear, to evaporate

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *juŋ (“sheep, goat”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 羊 (MC yang, “id”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] yonf (“goat”) and Iu Mien yungh.[2]

Noun

yaj (classifier: tus)

  1. sheep, lamb

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 418-9.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 166; 285.
  2. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 175; 285.
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