လ္ပာ်

လ္ပာ်

Mon

Etymology

Derived from ပါ် (pāk, “to halve”).[1][2] Compare also အပါ် (ʼapāk, “half-viss (weight measure)”), ပဝါ် (pawāk, “half”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəpac/[3]
• (Thailand) IPA^(key): /kəpaik/[1]

Noun

လ္ပာ် (lpāk)

1. side,[4] direction[2]

   Synonym: ဒိုဟ် (dəh)

   တြုံဗှ်ေဒလိုက်ကတဵုနူပၟတ်တုဲ က လေၚ်စဴကၠုၚ်လ္ပာ်သ္ၚိဗှ်ေရ။ ― /kraoh pe̤h həlɒ̤c kətɒ nṳ kəmot toə kəliəŋ cao klɤŋ kəpac hɒəʔ pe̤h raʔ/ ― Your husband got up from the fire and came back to your home.[3]

2. half[1]

   Synonym: ပဝါ် (pawāk)

See also

(side):

• သြၚ် (sraṅ)

References

1. Bauer, Christian Hartmut Richard (1982) Morphology and Syntax of Spoken Mon‎, SOAS, University of London, page 26
2. Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, DOI:10.5167/uzh-110202, →ISBN, page 66
3. Jenny, Mathias (2015), “Modern Mon”, in Mathias Jenny and Paul Sidwell, editors, The Handbook of Austroasian Languages‎, volume 1, Leiden and Boston: Brill, DOI:10.1163/9789004283572_010, →ISBN, page 568 of 553–600
4. Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language‎, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 113