ဗြဲ
See also: ဗြဴ and မြဲ
Mon
Etymology
From Old Mon brey (“rain”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“sky, rain”).
Pronunciation
- (Myanmar (Kaw Kyaik), Thailand) IPA(key): /pro̤a/[1][2][3]
- (Thailand (Pak Kret District)) IPA(key): /prṳə/[4]
Noun
ဗြဲ (braj)[5]
- rain.[6][1][7][4][8]
- ဗြဲဂူ ― bray gū ― It rains.[6][4]
Derived terms
- ဗြဲဝင် (bray waṅ)
(Nouns)
- ဗြဲထဍေင်စိင် (bray thaḍeṅ ciṅ),[8] ဗြဲဟဍေင်စိင် (bray haḍeṅ ciṅ)[4] - squall
- မတ်ဗြဲ (mat bray)
References
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- Bauer, Christian Hartmut Richard (1982) Morphology and Syntax of Spoken Mon, SOAS, University of London, pages xv, 418
- Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996), “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies, volume 26, page 415
- 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, pages 820, 821
- Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 262
- Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 101
- อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary] (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: คณะกรรมการทุนพระนาอนุมานราชธน, page 132
- จำปี ซือสัตย์ (2007[2008]), “ฝน; ฝนตก; ฝนไล่ช้าง”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ, page 149