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Mon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Mon ဗတာံ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam. Cognate with Nyah Kur ฮึตาม, Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam).
Pronunciation
Noun
ဂတာံ (gatāṁ)
- crab.
Descendants
- → Burmese: ကဏန်း (ka.nan:)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shorto, H.L. (1962) “ဂတာံ”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) “ခတာံ; ဂတာံ; ဟတာံ”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 349
- ^ อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) “ခတံာ; ဂတံာ”, in พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย , pages 27, 35; Thai translation of Halliday, R. (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary, Bangkok: Siam Society (2nd ed.: Rangoon: Mon Cultural Section, Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. of the Union of Burma, 1955).