သွ

Mon

Etymology

(ca /ɕiəʔ/, to eat) + nominalizing infix -w-.[1] Compare also a Dvaravati Mon pair *caaʔ “to eat” : *cwaaʔ “flesh”, reconstructed by Diffloth (1984:263ff).[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) IPA(key): /hwaʔ/, /kʰwaʔ/
  • (Myanmar)
    (file)
  • (Thailand) IPA(key): /faʔ/[1]

Noun

သွ (swa)

  1. dish eaten as accompaniment to rice; curry; soup; broth.[4][5]

References

  1. Bauer, Christian Hartmut Richard (1982) Morphology and Syntax of Spoken Mon, SOAS, University of London, archived from the original on 21 November 2022, page 280
  2. Diffloth, Gérard (1984) The Dvaravati Old Mon Language and Nyah Kur (Monic language studies, vol. 1), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Printing House, →ISBN
  3. Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, →DOI, →ISBN, page 60
  4. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  5. Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 126
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