ဂၞဴလီု

Mon edit

Etymology edit

ဂၞဴ (gnau, abdomen, belly) +‎ လီု (ləṁ, (to be) ruined, (to be) destroyed), thus literally “belly is destroyed” or “destroyed belly”.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ဂၞဴလီု (gnau ləṁ)

  1. to have diarrhoea {US diarrhea} suffer from stomach upset be indisposed suffer from diarrhea.[1][2]
    Synonyms: (Kaw Kyaik) ပု (pu), (Pak Kret District and Lopburi, Thailand) ဂၞဴကွာ် (gnau kwāk), (Pak Kret District) ဂၞဴပု (gnau pu), (Pak Kret District) ဗုင်လီု (buṅ ləṁ), (Lopburi) ဂၞဴအာ (gnau ʼā)[3]

References edit

  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 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) “ဂၞဴ; လီု”, 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, 1029, 1030
  3. ^ 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 54

Further reading edit

  • อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี [Anusorn Sathanon, Sub-Lt.] (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], page 42; 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).
  • จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) “ท้องเสีย”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], page 97