tuaj
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *daj (“to come”). Cognate with Iu Mien daaih.
Verb
tuaj
- to come (to a place which is not one's home / a place where one does not reside)
- 1994, Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, page 262:
- “Koj tuaj los[?]” (“You've come, eh?”) […] “Kuv tuaj os[.]” (“I've come.”)
- 1994, Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, page 262:
Antonyms
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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