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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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]

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See also edit

Conjunction edit

ဂး (gaḥ)

  1. (complementizer)[1] that[3]
    အဲညာတ်ဂးအဲဒးဇိုန်ကဵုဍုင်ကုကောန်အဲʼay 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 edit

  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