ဂၞဴအာ

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Mon

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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ဂၞဴအာ (gnau ʼā)

  1. (Kaw Kyaik) to have normal motions of the bowels, empty the bowels, defecate, have loose bowels.[1][2]
    Synonyms: ဂၞဴလီု (gnau ləṁ), ဂၞဴကွာ် (gnau kwāk), ဂၞဴပု (gnau pu), (Kaw Kyaik) ပု (pu), (Pak Kret District) ဗုင်လီု (buṅ ləṁ)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. ^ 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.