ntej

White Hmong

Etymology

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Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Maybe borrowed from Chinese 頂／顶 (dǐng, “peak”)?”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿde˥˧/

Noun

ntej

the fore, the front

Preposition

ntej

before in time or location, previous, ahead
Koj ua ntej. ― You go first.

Derived terms

nram ntej (“in the past”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 187.