ntseg

== White Hmong == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᶯd͡ʐe˧˩̤/ === Etymology 1 === See ntsej. ==== Noun ==== ntseg alternative form of ntsej (“ear”) under tone sandhi === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Hmong *ndzjæwᶜ (“vertical, upright”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 直 (MC drik, “straight, vertical”). ==== Adjective ==== ntseg vertically straight, upright, erect, steep (of a roof) Tus ncej ntseg. ― The pole is vertically straight. Sawv ntseg. ― Stand erect. fixed, steady ===== Derived terms ===== === References === Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 199.