ယဲမတ်ကနအ်

Mon

Etymology

ယဲ (yay, “illness; disease”) +‎ မတ် (mat, “eye”) +‎ ကနအ် (kanaʼ, “a kind of lizard”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ယဲမတ်ကနအ် (yay mat kanaʼ)

  1. (Kaw Kyaik) ophthalmia;[1] pinkeye.
    Synonyms: ယဲမတ် (yay mat), (Lopburi[2]) မတ်ယဲ (mat yay)

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]) “ตาแดง”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], page 82
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