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caj

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Canela

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English charge. Doublet of cas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃad͡ʒ/ [ˈt͡ʃad͡ʒ]

Noun

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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

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caj (Jawi spelling چج)

  1. to charge (demand payment for a service)

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Further reading

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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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 (jié, “node, segment, link”)?”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caj

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

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References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 7.