ntsej muag

Etymology

ntsej (“ear”) +‎ muag (“eye”), literally “ears and eyes”Category:White Hmong compound terms#NTSEJ%20MUAG, being defining parts of the face.

The "contemptible being" meaning appears to be a metonymic semantic shift, as a "being who still shows one's face despite having lost face".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᶯd͡ʐe˥˧.muə̯˧˩̤/Category:White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation#NTSEJ%20MUAG

Noun

ntsej muagCategory:White Hmong lemmas#NTSEJ%20MUAGCategory:White Hmong nouns#NTSEJ%20MUAGCategory:White Hmong multiword terms#NTSEJ%20MUAGCategory:White Hmong entries with incorrect language header#NTSEJ%20MUAGCategory:Pages with entries#NTSEJ%20MUAGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#NTSEJ%20MUAG (classifier: lub)

1. the face
2. fame
3. (mildly derogatory?) shameless contemptible being

References

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Category:Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:R:mww:Heimbach#NTSEJ%20MUAGHeimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.