ဂမၠိုၚ်
Mon
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Mon gamləṅ, from Old Mon [script needed] (guṁluṅ), an infixed form of [script needed] (gluṅ, “to be numerous”), from which is derived Modern Mon ဂၠိုၚ် (gləṅ)).[1] Compare also ဂလိုၚ် (galəṅ, “quantity; to increase”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ဂမၠိုၚ် (gamləṅ)[1]
- quantity.[2] the many[3]
- မၞိဟ်ဂမၠိုင် ― mnih gamləṅ ― most people,[2] people in general[3]
- many[1]
- all, whole, entire[4]
See also
[edit]- (whole): တၟံ (tmaʼ)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jenny, Mathias (2019) “Mon”, in Alice Vittrant and Justin Watkins, editors, The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area[1], Berlin: Mouton, , →ISBN, pages 277–319
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary[2] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pages 523, 1023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language: To which are Added a Few Pages of Phrases, &c[3], Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 51
- ^ อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary] (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: คณะกรรมการทุนพระนาอนุมานราชธน, page 37