ဂတာံ

Mon

Alternative forms
  • ခတာံ (khatāṁ)
  • ဗတာံ (batāṁ)
  • ဟတာံ (hatāṁ)

Etymology

From Old Mon ဗတာံ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam. Cognate with Nyah Kur ฮึตาม, Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam).

Pronunciation
  • (Myanmar (Kaw Kyaik)) IPA(key): /hə.tam/[1]
  • (Thailand) IPA(key): /kɛ̤ʔ.taːm/
    • (Pak Kret District) IPA(key): /kɛ̤əʔtam/[2]

Noun

ဂတာံ (gatāṁ)

  1. crab.[3][1][2]

Descendants
  • → Burmese: ကဏန်း (ka.nan:)

References
  1. Shorto, H.L. (1962) “ဂတာံ”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) “ခတာံ; ဂတာံ; ဟတာံ”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 349
  3. อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี [Anusorn Sathanon, Sub-Lt.] (1984) “ခတံာ; ဂတံာ”, in พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], pages 27, 35; 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).
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