| 释义 |
Mon, n.2 and a.|məʊn|
Also Moan, Mun, Mwun.
[Native name.]
A. n. A people of Indo-Chinese origin, also called Talaing, now inhabiting eastern Burma and western Thailand but having their ancient capital at Pegu in southern Burma; a member of this people. Also, their language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Mon. Cf. Mon-Khmer.
1798F. Buchanan in Asiatick Researches V. 235 To the kingdom, the natives of which call themselves Moan, we have given the name of Pegu, a corruption of the vulgar appellation of its capital city Bagoo. 1828J. Crawfurd Jrnl. Embassy to Siam & Cochin China xv. 448 Of the Mon, or Pegu, race, although the Siamese be in possession of no part of their territory, there are a considerable number in Siam. 1854F. Mason in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. IV. 284 Moan, the name by which the Talaings now call themselves. 1873Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal XLII. 34 The people of Pegu..call themselves Mun, Mwun, or Mon... The Burmese, since the conquest of Pegu..in 1757–58, had strongly discouraged the use of the Mun language. 1877[see Annamite a. and n.]. 1881C. J. F. S. Forbes Compar. Gram. Languages of Further India iv. 49 In three savage and more primitive dialects we find further traces of affinity with the Mon. 1907V. C. S. O'Connor Mandalay iv. ii. 400 Under Binya Dala a strenuous effort was made by the Môn people to recover their ancient ascendency in Burma, and restore the glories of Pegu. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. xii. 393 Mōn-Khmēr has six sub-divisions: Central (Mōn or Talaing, Khmēr or Cambodian, Bahuar, etc.). Ibid. 394 The earliest Mōn inscription is of 1084 (?). 1948D. Diringer Alphabet vii. 410 The early Mon character was not only the ancestor of the modern Mon script, but also of the Burmese and some Shan characters. 1962Listener 25 Oct. 646/2 U Nu proposed to..create separate states for the Mon and Arakanese peoples. 1971National Geographic Mar. 356 Masterpieces of lacquer ware... The craft may have originated in China and spread across Southeast Asia to the Mons, who brought the technique to the capital. 1972W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-Europ. Lang. 228 The group [sc. Mon-Khmer] takes its name from two of its members: Mon, the vernacular of the coastal districts round the Gulf of Martaban between Rangoon and Moulmein, and Khmer or Cambodian, the state language of Cambodia. |