ntoo

• IPA^(key): /ⁿdɒ̃˧/

From Proto-Hmong *ntɔŋᶜ (“tree”), from Proto-Hmong-Mien *ntju̯əŋH (“tree”). Cognate with Iu Mien ndiangx; outside of Hmong-Mien, compare Old Chinese 樹 (OC *djoʔ, *djos, “id”), Proto-Mon-Khmer *t2ʔɔɔŋ (“id”) (whence Bahnar ʔlɔːŋ (“id”)),^[1] as well as perhaps Thai ต้น (dtôn, “tree trunk, stalk”) and Lao ຕົ້ນ (ton, “id”).

ntoo

1. tree
2. wood

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ntɔŋH (“to put on, wear (a cap)”).^[2]

ntoo

1. to wear on the head, put on (a cap, hat, etc.)

Only used for objects worn on the head, similar to the usage of Japanese 被る (kaburu, “to cover, wear on the head”).

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