ၜဴလုပ်ပါၚ်စိၚ်

ၜဴလုပ်ပါၚ်စိၚ်

Mon

Alternative forms

• ၜဴလုပ်ပါင်စိင်

Etymology

ၜဴ (ḅau, “sugarcane”) +‎ လုပ် (lup, “to go in, to enter”) +‎ ပါၚ် (pāṅ, “mouth”) +‎ စိၚ် (ciṅ, “elephant”), whose literal meaning is “the sugarcane went into the elephant's mouth”; cf. Thai อ้อยเข้าปากช้าง, whose construction is similar to that of Mon.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Pak Kret District, Thailand) IPA^(key): /bao lṳp paɲ cəɲ/[2]

Phrase

ၜဴလုပ်ပါၚ်စိၚ် (ḅau lup pāṅ ciṅ)

1. (idiomatic) it cannot be undone anymore[2]

References

1. จำปี ซือสัตย์ (2007[2008]) , “อ้อยเข้าปากช้าง”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ, page 274
2. 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 159, 588, 962, 1209