မၞိဟ်

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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

Noun

မၞိဟ် (mnih)[5]

  1. man human being person Homo sapiens people in general.[6]
    မၞိဟ်ဂမၠိုၚ်mnih gamləṅmost people
    မၞိဟ်တြုံmnih truʔa male person[6]
    မၞိဟ်ဗြဴmnih braua 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. 6.0 6.1 6.2 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