ဂၞဴအာ
Appearance
Mon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ဂၞဴ (gnau, “abdomen, belly”) + အာ (ʼā, “to go”); compare also Burmese ဝမ်းသွား (wam:swa:, “to have loose bowels”) and Thai ท้องเดิน (tɔ́ɔng-dəən, “to have diarrhoea”), both of which have the same construction.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ဂၞဴအာ (gnau ʼā)
- (Kaw Kyaik) to have normal motions of the bowels, empty the bowels, defecate, have loose bowels.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- ^ จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) “ท้องเดิน; ท้องร่วง”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], page 97 Pronunciation is based on transcription from เฮนี่ยอา in Thai script, but note that not like Thai, Mon has no distinction in either tone or vowel length.