A Mon lexicon

Most recent revision date - March 6, 1997

See the section on phonology for an explanation of the orthography used here.

The alphabetical order of items here places breathy vowels before their plain counterparts. Digraphs like are alphabetized as if composed of two letters, following the ordinary rules of English alphabetical order. So words beginning with th come after words beginning with ta but before words beginning with ti. The apostrophe in the vowel digraphs is alphabetized before all the other letters.

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7	b	c	d	h	k	l	m
n	p	r	s	t	w	y

7a

to go

7a't

to be gone, exhausted, complete

7aca

teacher

7acù

male older than one's uncle

7acù 7ano

male much older than one's uncle

7akiang

habit, custom

7ame'rikan

American

7amù

uncle (by marriage)

7arèa

thing

7at

ask for

7i7bua

older sister

7ici

aunt

7icù

female older than an aunt

7icù mino

female much older than 7icù

7o'yng

to suffer

7oin

less

7oyng

late

7u'k, cayng 7u'k

rooster

7ua

I, me, my

7ui

rotten

baw càyng

toe

bi

ocean

bu'7

female animal

bu'7 tua

thumb

bu'ng

to hit (e.g. with a hammer)

cà

back

cakaw7

you (between two males the same age)

2. element used in forming reflexive pronouns

cakaw7 to'

you pl

camè'p

each

cano'7

these

cayng

chicken

càyng

leg

ce

pretty

ce'

to go down

cha'p

to arrive

cha't

to die

che

to see

che'n

to love, love

che7

horse

chi

to shake

cho'ng

to burn

chu

to write

chu7

tree

chua

grass

cì

poison

cia7

to eat (causative pacia7)

cika

to make; used in forming causatives

dap

head

day7

water

day7 kalo't

ice

day7 tawh

milk

dè7

he/she ( to someone younger than speaker)

du'ng

country

dun

cook

ha't

cause, reason

ha7ang

to expose to the warmth of fire

habay

goat

hachiang

to lean vertically

hamay chayng

egg

hataw

variant of kataw

haw

rice (uncooked)

hayn

hornet

hnàw

star

ho'a7

house of wood, thatch, bamboo

ho'ng

room

ho'ng

to fish up, save from drowning

hù'7

not

hui

to mix, associate with

ka'

to give, general preposition to, for, by

ka7

fish

kaki

centipede

kamalayn

many

kaney

pen

kano'm

to boil (intr.)

kare'an

cradle

karù'

to cry

kataw

moon, variant form hataw

kato

ear

kaw

variant of pakaw

kaw klù

older brother

ke

clear

kè'

say

kem tua

pinky finger

kerù'

to cry

ket

to get

ket ket

on one's own, by oneself, affecting oneself;

kha7aw

to sneeze

khì

mortar for cleaning rice, cucumber

khu'ng

table

khu'ng hacaw7/ kacaw

chair

ki

bark

kì

to hurt, feel pain; pain

kit

bite

kla'

dog

kla'7

to cross

kla'h

to understand

kla7

tiger

klày

to hunt

klàyng

most

klè

short

kleà

cow

kley7

lost

klo pakaw

park

klòing

to be long

kloit bu'7

female pig

klòng

road

klu'ng

come

klù'ng

canoe

ko'7

neck

ko'h

dry

kon

young person

kon kway phèa

student

kon nay

child

kon plày

son

kon wut

daughter

kra'

fat

kratkraw

to wash

kre'ng

small river

kro'ing

large parakeet

kro'ng

to be hard

kut

to cut

kway

to walk

la'm

to break, not work

langi

some

langot

to learn

lapo7 tua/kapo7 tua

fingers

leang

to melt

lèy ci pu'ng

chopstick

loit

book, letter, writing

make'

then

manè

person, you (said to unfamiliar males)

manè klày ka7

fisherman

manè wi yùa

doctor

Mangera 7aw?

Hello, How are you?

Mangera roa?

How are you, friend?

mat

to close (something)

me'n

wood, to wait

meà7

father

mì

mother

mì no

grand mother

mìp

happy

mò'ng

to exist/ live

mò't

eye

mòa

one

mòh

nose

moik

to want

nge'k

tooth

ngoa

sun

ngoa ce'y

sunset

ngoa tawng

sunrise

nguh 7a

to wake up

nu

constrast particle

nùm

to have, to exist; used in possessive and copular sentences

nyeh

he or she (to someone older than speaking)

nyesko'7

each other

nyinyea

little, a

pa'm

story

pà7

sister-in-law

pa7aw/ha7aw

to vomit

pacia7

to feed(causative of cia 7)

padua

in

pakaw

flower, variant form kaw

pale

to fix, repair

pamèa

Burma

paran tua

to give a present

patak

mushroom

pau tua

finger

payng

mouth

pè

to look at

pe'i

hungry

pèa

bamboo sack

pèh

you (between a male & female or two females of about the same age)

phayng

to occupy (?)

phya

store

poy

we

praw7

quickly

pròa

to rain

pu'ng

cooked rice

pù'ng

stomach

pu7

negative particle

pye

to scold

pyun

meat

ran

to buy

raw

question marker

roa

friend

ru'm sayng

voice

ru'm sayng 7a't

hoarse

samà panyèa

farmer

sayn

to build

so'7 cup

fruit

so'7 khaw

apple

so'7 limaw

orange

so'7 pakaw ba meà

two apples

so'7 su'prea

coconut

so7

hair

swak

for

takay

sky

takcia7

to talk

tana'm

tree

tanày

place

tanày la'

where

tanày no'7

over here

tanày te7

over there

tang càyng

knee

tang kun

thank you

tang tua

elbow

tapah

to show

tata

good bye

tè'h tu'ng

to suffer (auxiliary verb used in forming passives)

Sh. tè'h

te7

there

tè7

younger brother, younger sister

tè7

younger sibling

tè7 preà

sister

tèa

to hit

ti

to drive

to'

to be

to'a ko'w

dry ground

toa

to finish; completive particle

toa7

earth

toit

to sleep

tu'ka7

sky

tua

hand, arm

tuwn

bamboo

wi

to treat

yua

sick