မၞိဟ်

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali manussa,[1] ultimately from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya). Cognate with Nyah Kur พะนิฮ่ (pha nìh). Compare Khmer ម្នឹស (mnɨh), which is the colloquialism of មនុស្ស (mɔnuh).

Pronunciation
  • (Myanmar) IPA(key): /mə.ni̤h/[2], /ni̤h/
  • (Thailand) IPA(key): /mɛ̤ʔ.ni̤h/
    • (Pak Kret District) IPA(key): /ni̤h/[3]
    • (Baan Nong Duu, Lamphun Province) IPA(key): /hni̤h/[4]

Noun

မၞိဟ် (mnih)[5]

  1. man human being person Homo sapiens people in general.[6]
    မၞိဟ်ဂမၠိုၚ် ― mnih gamləṅ ― most people
    မၞိဟ်တြုံ ― mnih truʔ ― a male person[6]
    မၞိဟ်ဗြဴ ― mnih brau ― a female person[6]

See also

References
  1. Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, →DOI, →ISBN, page vii
  2. Jenny, Mathias (2015) “Modern Mon”, in Mathias Jenny and Paul Sidwell, editors, The Handbook of Austroasian Languages‎, volume 1, Leiden and Boston: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 564 of 553–600
  3. 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, page 523
  4. Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies‎, volume 26, page 416
  5. Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 261
  6. 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, pages 10, 106
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