caj

See also: čaj

Canela

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/

Noun

caj

1. shaman, healer, witch doctor

   Caj tuwre ata te jũm xà ata caprãr ne cute cahôr ne ihpĩn ampo kên ata caxàr mã jũm xà ata pej pyrentu.

   The young healer healed the sick person by sucking. This way he took out from him the bad thing and the sick person got soon better.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English charge. Doublet of cas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃad͡ʒ/ [ˈt͡ʃad͡ʒ]

Noun

caj (Jawi spelling چج, plural caj-caj, informal 1st possessive cajku, 2nd possessive cajmu, 3rd possessive cajnya)

1. charge (money levied for a service)

   Synonym: (Indonesian) biaya

Verb

caj (Jawi spelling چج)

1. to charge (demand payment for a service)

Derived terms

• dicaj
• mengecaj

Further reading

• “caj” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

White Hmong

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably considered a native Hmongic term by Ratliff, but no etymology or reconstructed form given.[1] Perhaps a tonal shift from cag (“root”)? Or perhaps borrowed from Chinese 節／节 (jié, “node, segment, link”)?”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ca˥˧/

Noun

caj

1. (in compounds) used to indicate a part of the body, as if it were a ridge, bridge, or joint

Derived terms

• caj dab (“neck”)
• caj npab (“(upper) arm”)
• caj ntswm (“nose bridge”)
• caj pas (“throat”)
• caj qaum (“backbone”)
• caj qwb (“the depression at the back or nape of the neck”)
• caj tw (“buttocks”)
• txiv caj pas (“nose bridge”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 7.

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25