ဂမၠိုၚ်

Mon

Alternative forms
  • ဂမၠိုင်

Etymology

From Middle Mon gamləṅ, from Old Mon [script needed] (guṁluṅ), an infixed form of [script needed] (gluṅ, “to be numerous”), from which is derived Modern Mon ဂၠိုၚ် (gləṅ)).[1] Compare also ဂလိုၚ် (galəṅ, “quantity; to increase”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /həla̤ŋ/[1]
  • (Thailand)
    • (Pak Kret District) IPA(key): /kɛ̤əmla̤əŋ/[2]
  • (file)

Noun

ဂမၠိုၚ် (gamləṅ)[1]

  1. quantity.[2] the many[3]
    မၞိဟ်ဂမၠိုင် ― mnih gamləṅ ― most people,[2] people in general[3]
  2. many[1]
  3. all, whole, entire[4]

See also

References
  1. Jenny, Mathias (2019) “Mon”, in Alice Vittrant and Justin Watkins, editors, The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area‎, Berlin: Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 277–319
  2. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pages 523, 1023
  3. Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language: To which are Added a Few Pages of Phrases, &c‎, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 51
  4. อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary] (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: คณะกรรมการทุนพระนาอนุมานราชธน, page 37
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