Mon edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Nyah Kur เพ็ฮ่.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pe̤h/[3]
  • (file)

Pronoun edit

ဗှ်ေ (beh)[2]

  1. you, thou (second-person singular)
    (file)
    အဲဆာန်ဗှေ်ʔoat͡ɕʰanpʰe̤I love you!
    (file)
    (Uncivilized vocabulary)တြုံဗှ်ေtruĥ behyou! husband[3]
  2. you (second-person plural, toward inferior or children)[1]

See also edit

(thou):

(second-person plural):

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language[1], Rangoon: American Mission Press, pages 11, 98
  2. 2.0 2.1 Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142)‎[2], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 270
  3. 3.0 3.1 Jenny, Mathias (2015) “Modern Mon”, in Mathias Jenny and Paul Sidwell, editors, The Handbook of Austroasian Languages[3], volume 1, Leiden and Boston: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 568 of 553–600