ခမှာဲ
Mon
Alternative forms
- ခမာဲ (khamāy),[1][2] ခၟါဲ (khmāy),[3] ခၟာဲ (khmāy), ဟမာဲ (hamāy), ဟမှာဲ (hamhāy)[1]
Etymology
Shorto (1962) explains that this term is derived from ခမာဲ (khamāy, “to lay eggs”).[4] For the sense “tuber” in Kaw Kyaik dialect, cf. Burmese ဥ (u., “egg, tuber”).
Pronunciation
- (Myanmar)
- (Kaw Kyaik) IPA(key): /həmai/[4]
- Homophone: ခမာဲ (khamāy)
- (Thailand)
- (Pak Kret District) IPA(key): /kʰaʔmai/[1]
- (Baan Nong Duu, Lamphun Province) IPA(key): /hamae/[5]
Noun
ခမှာဲ (khamhāy)
- egg[6][4][3][1]
- ခမှာဲက ― khamhāy ka ― roe[4]
- ခမှာဲစာၚ် ― khamhāy cāṅ ― hen's egg[4]
- ခမှာဲစဲ ― khamhāy cay ― nit[4][3]
- (Kaw Kyaik) tuber[4]
Verb
ခမှာဲ (khamhāy)
- (Pak Kret District) to lay eggs[1]
References
- Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) , “ခၟာဲ”, 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 704
- จำปี ซือสัตย์ (2007[2008]) , “ไข่”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ, page 30
- อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], กรุงเทพฯ: คณะกรรมการทุนพระนาอนุมานราชธน, page 29; 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).
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) , “ခမှဲာ”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press
- Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) , “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies, volume 26, page 415 of 411–418
- 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 46