Classifiers Flashcards
1
Q
Round, bulky, hollow, container-like objects; certain articles of clothing
A
Lub
2
Q
(the) Car
A
Lub tsheb
3
Q
(the) pants
A
Lub ris
4
Q
(the) watch
A
Lub moo
5
Q
(the) flower
A
Lub paj
6
Q
(the) store/shop
A
Lub taj laj
7
Q
Thin, long, skinny, cylendrical objects; living beings (not plants), certain things that closely affect people (such as illnesses)
A
tus
8
Q
(the) woman/wife
A
tus pojniam
9
Q
(the) tail
A
Tus tw
10
Q
(the) pig
A
Tus npua
11
Q
(the) shaman
A
Tus txiv neeb
12
Q
(the) man
A
Tus txiv neej
13
Q
(the) stick/staff
A
Tus pas
14
Q
Flat things
A
Daim
15
Q
Farm field
A
Daim teb
16
Q
paper
A
Daim ntawv
17
Q
skirt
A
Daim tiab
18
Q
picture
A
Daim duab
19
Q
mirror
A
Daim iav
20
Q
Tools, instruments, utensils
A
Rab
21
Q
Qeej (the traditional hmong reed instrument righ there at the bottom right of the screen)
A
Rab qeej
22
Q
spoon
A
Rab diav
23
Q
knife
A
Rab riam
24
Q
crossbow
A
Rab hneev
25
Hoe (refers to multiple hoe-like farming tools)
Rab hlau
26
Things that come in lengths (wire, rope, roads, etc.), certain concepts.
txoj
27
string, rope
Txoj hlua
28
luck, fortune
Txoj hmoo
29
towel
Txoj phuam
30
life
Txoj sia
31
- road, path
| - Also ‘the way of’
Txoj kev
32
Certain elongated bodily appendages, also used for pairs of objects
Txhais
33
feet
Txhais ko taw
34
legs
Txhais ceg
35
hands
Txhais tes
36
thigh
Txhais ncej puab
37
pair of shoes
Txhais khau
38
books
Phau
39
book
Phau ntawv
40
scriptures
Phau Vaj Lug Kub
41
dictionary
Phau txhais lus
42
Bible
Phau Npaiv Npaus
43
Collections of words meant to be told orally
Zaj
44
song
Zaj nkauj
45
folk tale, legend
Zaj dab neeg
46
a teaching, doctrine
Zaj lus qhuab qhia
47
Things that come in pairs
Nkawm
48
pair of shoes
Nkawm khau
49
a married couple
Nkawm niam txiv
50
Plants, bushes, foliage
Tsob
51
tree
Tsob ntoo
52
a bunch of rice stalks
Tsob nplej
53
a bunch of medicinal herbs
Tsob tshuaj
