ဇိုၚ်

Mon

Alternative forms
  • ဇိုင်[1]

Etymology

cf. Nyah Kur [script needed] (chuŋ², “foot”), Vietnamese chân (“foot”), Khmer ជើង (cəəng, “foot”)[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Myanmar, Thailand) IPA(key): /ca̤ɲ/, /ca̤ŋ/[3][4]

Noun

ဇိုၚ် (juiṅ)[3]

  1. foot[3]
  2. leg[3]
    Meronym: ဒဳ

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • ဇိုၚ်ခုံ
  • ဇိုၚ်စာၚ်
  • ဇိုၚ်ၜဳ (juiṅ ḅī)

References
  1. 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 63
  2. 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 253
  3. Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, →DOI, →ISBN, page 32
  4. Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies‎, volume 26, page 415 of 411–418
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