ဂၞဴအာ

Mon

Etymology

ဂၞဴ (gnau, “abdomen, belly”) +‎ အာ (ʼā, “to go”); compare also Burmese ဝမ်းသွား (wam:swa:, “to have loose bowels”) and Thai ท้องเดิน (tɔ́ɔng-dəən, “to have diarrhoea”), both of which have the same construction.

Pronunciation

Verb

ဂၞဴအာ (gnau ʼā)

  1. (Kaw Kyaik) to have normal motions of the bowels empty the bowels defecate have looses bowels.[1][2]
    Synonyms: ဂၞဴလီု (gnau ləṁ), ဂၞဴကွာ် (gnau kwāk), ဂၞဴပု (gnau pu), (Kaw Kyaik) ပု (pu), (Pak Kret District) ဗုင်လီု (buṅ ləṁ)

References
  1. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) “ท้องเดิน; ท้องร่วง”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], page 97 Pronunciation is based on transcription from เฮนี่ยอา in Thai script, but note that not like Thai, Mon has no distinction in either tone or vowel length.
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