ဂး

ဂး

Mon

Alternative forms

• သ္ဂး (sgaḥ)

Etymology

From Middle Mon gaḥ, from Old Mon [script needed] (gaḥ).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) IPA^(key): /kɛ̤h/[2][1]
• (Thailand)
  • (Pak Kret District) IPA^(key): /kɛ̤əh/[3]

Verb

ဂး (gaḥ)

1. to say[4][2][5][3]
2. to speak[4][2][5]

   Synonyms: ဟီု (həṁ) (more common as a full verb since Middle Mon[1]), ဗြု (bru) (Thai Mon dialects)

3. (Pak Kret District) to mean, to stand for[3]

Derived terms

• မ္ဂး (mgaḥ)

See also

• လဴ (lau)

Conjunction

ဂး (gaḥ)

1. (complementizer)[1] that[3]

   အဲညာတ်ဂးအဲဒးဇိုန်ကဵုဍုင်ကုကောန်အဲ။ ― ʼay ñāt gaḥ ʼay daḥ jən kəw ḍuṅ ku kon ʼay. ― I see that I have to hand over the country to my child.[6][1]

References

1. Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, DOI:10.5167/uzh-110202, →ISBN, pages 25, 26, 40, 96
2. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press
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 105
4. 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 53
5. อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], กรุงเทพฯ: คณะกรรมการทุนพระนาอนุมานราชธน, page 41; 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).
6. Nai Palita (1985) အတ္ထုပ္ပတ္တိပရူဒဒှ်ဨကရာဇ်မည်သၟိင်ဓမ္မစေတဳ [The story of King Dhammacetī] (in Mon), Rangoon: Shwei Pyei Soun Offset, page 30