Female Perspective
Term used to call an older sister
Naim laus / tais laug
Term used to call a sister
Muam
Terms used to call your father's mom and dad
Pog and yawg / puj and yawm
Who is your naim tais / 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 / Nyaaj
Term used to call your mother's brother
Dab laug / txiv dlaab
Terms used to address a first, middle, and last wife?
Niam/Nam hlob/loj
Niam/Nam Nrab
Niam/Nam yau
Proper term used to call your sister-in-law
Tis nyab / tais dlaab
Who is your Naim tij / Nam tij?
Older brother's wife
Naim hlob / puj laug refers to
Your father's older brother's wife
The two proper terms used to call your mother's younger and older sister
Younger: Niam tais yau
Older: Naim tais hlob
Green older/younger: tais
Term used to call a group of siblings
Nus muag
Term used to call your sister-in-law's (husband's sister) husband
Yawm vauv / Yawm yij
Term used to call your wife's younger sister and husband
Niam hluas and txiv hluas / Nam hluas and txiv hluas
Terms used to call your father's younger brother and his wife
Txiv ntxawm and niam ntxawm / Txiv ntxawm and nam ntxawm
Naim tais pog refers to
Your great great grandma
Term used to call your grandchildren
Xeeb ntxwv
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 / Yawm suab and puj suab
The term that refers to both your mother's father and your mother's sister's husband
Yawm txiv / yawm
Terms used to call your child(erns) mother and father-in-law
Puj/pog cuag and yawm cuag