Female Perspective
Term used to call an older sister
Naim laus
Term used to call a sister
Muam
Terms used to call your father's mom and dad
Pog and yawg
Who is your naim tais?
Your grandma
Term used to call your daughter's husband
Vauv
Term used to call all sisters
Viv ncaus
Terms used to call a younger and older brother
Younger: kwv
Older: tij laug
Term used to call your father's sister
Phauj
Term used to call your mother's brother
Dab laug
Terms used to address a first, middle, and last wife?
Niam hlob/loj
Niam Nrab
Niam yau
Proper term used to call your sister-in-law
Tis nyab
Who is your Naim tij?
Older brother's wife
Naim hlob refers to
Younger: Niam tais yau
Older: Naim tais hlob
Term used to call a group of siblings
Nus muag
Term used to call your sister-in-law's husband
Yawm vauv
Term used to call you wife's younger sister and husband
Niam hluas and txiv hluas
Terms used to call your father's younger brother and his wife
Txiv ntxawm and niam ntxawm
Naim tais pog refers to
Your great great grandma
Term used to call your grandchildren
Terms used to call your family before marriage and after marriage
Before: kwvtij
After: neejtsa
Terms used to call your male and female cousins
Male: Npawg
Female: Maus npaws
Terms used to call your great great grandparents
Yawg suab and pog suab
The term that refers to both your mother's father and your mother's sister's husband
Yawm txiv
Terms used to call your child(erns) mother and father-in-law
Puj/pog cuag and yawm cuag