Mon edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Pali citta, from Sanskrit चित्र (citra).[1] Doublet of စိတ္တ. Cognate with Burmese စိတ် (cit).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

စိုတ် (cət)

  1. mind, heart[5][6][4][2]
    Synonyms: ကောန်စိုတ် (kon cət), စိတ္တ (citta)

Usage notes edit

According to Jenny (2019), who has researched Burmese Mon dialects chiefly, this term does not refer to a kind of internal organ; terms for it are /kon kəmɔʔ/ (cf. ကောန်တၟံ (kon tmaʼ)) and kon phyun krɤ̀h (cf. ကောန်ဖျုန်ဂြိုဟ် (kon phyun grəh)).[2]

Derived terms edit

References edit

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    Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) “စိုတ်; စိုတ်ကၠေံ”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary[1] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jenny, Mathias (2019) “Mon”, in Alice Vittrant and Justin Watkins, editors, The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area[2], Berlin: Mouton, →ISBN, page 286 of 277–319
  3. ^ Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies[3], volume 26, page 415 of 411–418
  4. 4.0 4.1 จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) “ใจ; แสนงอน”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], pages 49, 244
  5. ^ Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language: To which are Added a Few Pages of Phrases, &c[4], Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 59
  6. ^ อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี [Anusorn Sathanon, Sub-Lt.] (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], page 52; 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).