neej

Latvian

Verb

neej

1. inflection of neiet:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *nænᴬ (“person”), possibly borrowed from Chinese 民 (mín, “people”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nẽ˥˧/

Noun

neej

1. human being, person
2. family
3. life
4. fortune, estate

Derived terms

• txiv neej

 

References

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

1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 45; 277.