See also: ဗြဴ and မြဲ

Etymology

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From Old Mon brey (rain), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (sky, rain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ဗြဲ (braj)[5]

  1. rain.[6][1][7][4][8]
    ဗြဲဂူbrayIt rains.[6][4]

Derived terms

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(Nouns)

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. ^ Bauer, Christian Hartmut Richard (1982) Morphology and Syntax of Spoken Mon[2], SOAS, University of London, archived from the original on 21 November 2022, page xv, 418
  3. ^ Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies[3], volume 26, page 415
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary[4] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pages 820, 821
  5. ^ Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142)‎[5], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 262
  6. 6.0 6.1 Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language[6], Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 101
  7. ^ อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary] (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: คณะกรรมการทุนพระนาอนุมานราชธน, page 132
  8. 8.0 8.1 จำปี ซือสัตย์ (2007[2008]) “ฝน; ฝนตก; ฝนไล่ช้าง”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ, page 149