Etymology

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ယဲ (yay, illness; disease) +‎ ဂၞဴ (gnau, abdomen, bowels).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ယဲဂၞဴ (yay gnau)

  1. (Kaw Kyaik) cholera.[1]
    Synonyms: (Kaw Kyaik) ယဲကာလ (yay kāla), (Pak Kret District[2]) ယဲပါဗဵု (yay pā bəw), (Pak Kret District[2]) ယဲပရှ် (yay parah), (Pak Kret District[2]) ယဲဂၞဴအာပါဗဵု (yay gnau ʼā pā bəw), (Lopburi[3]) ယဲခအအ်ဂၞဴအာ (yay khaʼaʼ gnau ʼā)
  2. (Pak Kret District) stomach disease.[2]

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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) “ဂၞဴ; ယဲ”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary[2] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pages 559, 560, 752, 753
  3. ^ จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) “อหิวาตกโรค”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], page 273