ဂၞဴလီု

Mon

Etymology

ဂၞဴ (gnau, “abdomen, belly”) +‎ လီု (ləṁ, “(to be) ruined, (to be) destroyed”), thus literally “belly is destroyed” or “destroyed belly”.

Pronunciation
  • (Myanmar)
  • (Thailand)
    • (Pak Kret District) IPA(key): /nɛ̤ə lə̤m/[2]

Verb

ဂၞဴလီု (gnau ləṁ)

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

Noun

ဂၞဴလီု (gnau ləṁ)

  1. diarrhoea[3]

References
  1. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) , “ဂၞဴ; လီု”, 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, 1029, 1030
  3. 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, page 54

Further reading
  • อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], กรุงเทพฯ: คณะกรรมการทุนพระนาอนุมานราชธน, page 42; 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).
  • จำปี ซือสัตย์ (2007[2008]) , “ท้องเสีย”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ, page 97
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