ပၠန်

ပၠန်

Mon

Etymology

Origin unclear. This term appears as verb as well as adverb in Middle Mon, but is not attested in Old Mon. Compare Old Burmese [script needed] (plan) (> Burmese ပြန် (pran, “to return, to do again”)). Shorto (1971) suggests that it might be a borrowing from Burmese လန် (lan, “to be turned up”) made into a causative formation (i.e. a Mon equivalent of Burmese လှန် (hlan, “to turn inside out”)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɔn/[2]

Adverb

ပၠန် (plan)

1. again[3]

Verb

ပၠန် (plan)

1. (rare) to repeat, to do again, to turn around[2]

Related terms

(Verbs)

• ပၠန်ဂတး

References

1. Shorto, H.L. (1971) A Dictionary of the Mon Inscriptions from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Centuries, London: Oxford University Press, page 252
2. Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, DOI:10.5167/uzh-110202, →ISBN, page 190
3. Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language‎, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 92

Further reading

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press, page 142