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ဂး

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Mon gaḥ, from Old Mon ဂး (gaḥ).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ဂး (gaḥ)

  1. to say[4][2][5][3]
  2. to speak[4][2][5]
    Synonyms: (more common as a full verb since Middle Mon[1]) ဟီု (həṁ), (Thai Mon dialects) ဗြု (bru)
  3. (Pak Kret District) to mean, to stand for[3]

Derived terms

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See also

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Conjunction

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ဂး (gaḥ)

  1. (complementizer)[1] that[3]
    အဲညာတ်ဂးအဲဒးဇိုန်ကဵုဍုင်ကုကောန်အဲ။ ― ʼay ñāt gaḥ ʼay daḥ jən kəw ḍuṅ ku kon ʼay. ― I see that I have to hand over the country to my child.[6][1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 25, 26, 40, 96
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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, page 105
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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 53
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี [Anusorn Sathanon, Sub-Lt.] (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], page 41; Thai translation of Halliday, R. (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary, Bangkok: Siam Society (2nd ed.: Rangoon: Mon Cultural Section, Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. of the Union of Burma, 1955).
  6. ^ Nai Palita (1985) အတ္ထုပ္ပတ္တိပရူဒဒှ်ဨကရာဇ်မည်သၟိင်ဓမ္မစေတဳ [The story of King Dhammacetī] (in Mon), Rangoon: Shwei Pyei Soun Offset, page 30
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