ဂၞဴကွာ်

Mon

Etymology

ဂၞဴ (gnau, “abdomen, belly”) +‎ ကွာ် (kwāk, “to walk”); cf. Thai ท้องเดิน (tɔ́ɔng-dəən), which has the same construction.

Pronunciation
  • (Thailand)
    • (Pak Kret District) IPA(key): /nɛ̤ə kwac/[1]

Verb

ဂၞဴကွာ် (gnau kwāk)

  1. to have diarrhoea[1][2]
    Synonyms: ဂၞဴလီု (gnau ləṁ), ဂၞဴပု (gnau pu), ဗုင်လီု (buṅ ləṁ) (Pak Kret District), ဂၞဴအာ (gnau ʼā) (Lopburi), ပု (pu) (Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar)

References
  1. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) , “ဂၞဴ; ကွာ်”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pages 559, 560, 1068, 1069
  2. จำปี ซือสัตย์ (2007[2008]) , “ท้องเดิน”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ, page 97
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