"zaj" meaning in White Hmong

See zaj in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Classifier

IPA: /ʐa˥˧/
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Chinese 行 (MC hang|haeng|hangH|haengH, “classifier for rows”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|mww|ltc|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Chinese, {{bor+|mww|ltc|-}} Borrowed from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|行|classifier for rows}} 行 (MC hang|haeng|hangH|haengH, “classifier for rows”) Head templates: {{head|mww|classifier}} zaj
  1. classifier used for nouns like sayings, speeches, poems, paragraphs, hymns, chapters, times of sorrow or grief, litters of young, etc.
    Sense id: en-zaj-mww-classifier-QFjLXsZS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ʐa˥˧/ Forms: tus [classifier]
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-roŋ (“dragon”), borrowed from Old Chinese 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “id”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ronf and Iu Mien jung. Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmx-pro|*-roŋ|t=dragon}} Proto-Hmong-Mien *-roŋ (“dragon”), {{glossary|loanword|borrowed}} borrowed, {{bor|mww|och|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Chinese, {{bor+|mww|och|-|nocap=1}} borrowed from Old Chinese, {{och-l|龍|id}} 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “id”), {{cog|mmr|-}} Western Xiangxi Miao, {{m|mmr|ronf}} ronf, {{cog|ium|jung}} Iu Mien jung Head templates: {{head|mww|noun}} zaj
  1. dragon Derived forms: zaj sawv (english: rainbow)
    Sense id: en-zaj-mww-noun-qcQ76UjF Categories (other): Iu Mien terms in nonstandard scripts, Western Xiangxi Miao terms in nonstandard scripts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for zaj meaning in White Hmong (3.4kB)

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      "ipa": "/ʐa˥˧/"
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          "text": "Hu zaj no.",
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        [
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʐa˥˧/"
    }
  ],
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}

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