Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 2

Vocabulary

ကဲ

kɛ̀ — Exclamation expressing urging, surprise, or well then.

ကျွန်တော်

kjʊ̀ɴdɔ̀ — First-person pronoun 'I' used by male speakers.

ဘာ

bà — Question word meaning 'what'.

လုပ်

loʊʔ — To do, to make, to perform an action.

မ

mə — Negation prefix meaning 'not' before a verb.

လဲ

lɛ́ — Question particle or 'also'; asks 'what about...?'

ဆို

sʰò — To say, to state, to mean; quotative marker.

တာ

tà — Nominalizing particle; turns verbs into noun phrases.

သိ

θì — To know, to understand, to be aware of.

တယ်

dɛ̀ — Sentence-final assertive particle indicating a statement.

ဒီ

dì — Demonstrative meaning 'this' or 'here'.

မှာ

hmà — Locative particle meaning 'at', 'in', or 'on'.

ထိုင်

tʰáiɴ — To sit down, to be seated.

ပြီး

pjí — After completing; conjunction meaning 'after' or 'then'.

နောက်

nauʔ — Behind, after, next; also used as 'later'.

တစ်

tɪʔ — The number one; indefinite article equivalent 'a/an'.

ကြိမ်

tɕjèiɴ — Counter/classifier for times or occurrences of actions.

ကြား

tɕá — Between; also means to hear or listen.

တဲ့

dɛ̰ — Attributive particle linking a verb phrase to a noun.

အထိ

ʔətʰḭ — Particle meaning 'until', 'up to', 'as far as'.

နား

ná — Ear; also means to rest or take a break.

ထောင်

tʰáuɴ — To listen; also means thousand or prison.

နေ

nè — To stay, to live, to be (ongoing action marker).

မယ်

mɛ̀ — Future tense particle indicating intention or prediction.

ထို

tʰò — Demonstrative meaning 'that' (formal/literary usage).

ကြောင့်

tɕáuɴ — Because of, due to; causal postpositional particle.

သူ

θù — Third-person pronoun meaning 'he', 'she', or 'they'.

သည်

θì — Formal subject marker or present tense sentence particle.

နှင့်

n̥ɪɴ — And, with, together with; conjunction or comitative marker.

အကြား

ʔətɕá — In between, in the middle of two things.

မြေ

mjè — Earth, ground, land, soil.

ပေါ်

pɔ̀ — On top of, upon, above a surface.

တွင်

twɪɴ — Formal locative particle meaning 'in', 'at', 'within'.

ချ

tɕʰa̰ — To put down, to place, to lower something.

လိုက်

laiʔ — To follow; directional complement indicating motion away.

သစ်ပင်

θɪʔpɪɴ — A tree; a woody plant growing tall.

တစ်ပင်

tɪʔpɪɴ — One tree; classifier phrase for a single tree.

ကို

go̰ — Object marker particle; also indicates direction toward.

မျက်နှာ

mjɛʔn̥à — Face; one's facial expression or countenance.

မူ

mù — Topic marker emphasizing contrast; means 'as for'.

မှီ

hmì — To lean against, to rely on, to depend on.

ငြိမ်း

ɲɪ́ɴ — To be calm, peaceful, at rest or extinguished.

ကာ

kà — While doing; continuative connector between clauses.

ခြေ

tɕʰè — Foot, leg (lower part); base of something.

ထောက်

tʰauʔ — To support, prop up; to point to or indicate.

များ

mjá — Many, much, plural marker; more than one thing.

ဆန့်

sʰàɴ — To stretch out, to extend, to straighten limbs.

ထုတ်

tʰouʔ — To take out, to produce, to extract something.

ဖြင့်

pʰjɪɴ — By means of, with, using; instrumental postposition.

သူ့

θù — His, her, their (possessive form of third-person pronoun).

ဖက်

pʰɛʔ — Side, direction; also to hold or embrace something.

ကျွန်တော့်

kjʊ̀ɴdɔ̰ — My, mine; possessive form of male first-person pronoun.

နီး

nì — Near, close to, nearby in proximity.

ပါး

pá — Cheek; also thin, slim in description.

ထိ

tʰḭ — To touch, to reach; up to a point or limit.

တော့

dɔ̰ — Particle indicating a change, contrast, or 'now then'.

မည့်

mɪ̰ — Future attributive particle indicating something will happen.

အနေ

ʔənè — State, position, condition, situation of a person.

အထား

ʔətʰá — Arrangement, placement, posture, or manner of positioning.

ရောက်

jauʔ — To arrive at, to reach a destination.

သွား

θwá — To go; directional verb meaning motion away from speaker.

နှာ

n̥à — Nose; also used in compound words for smell.

ယား

já — To itch, to feel an itching sensation.

လာ

là — To come; directional verb meaning motion toward speaker.

မျက်ရည်

mjɛʔjè — Tears; liquid from eyes when crying.

မျက်

mjɛʔ — Eye; prefix in compounds related to eyes or face.

လုံး

lóuɴ — Whole, entire; also a round-shaped object classifier.

ထဲ

tʰɛ́ — Inside, within, into an enclosed space.

ဝင်

wɪɴ — To enter, to go inside, to come in.

သို့

θò — To, toward; formal directional or goal-marking particle.

သော်

θɔ̀ — Although, but; formal concessive or conditional conjunction.

ခြစ်

tɕʰɪʔ — To scratch, scrape, or strike (as a match).

ရဲ

jɛ́ — Brave, daring; also an assertive colloquial particle.

ခြင်း

tɕʰɪɴ — Nominalizing suffix turning verbs into abstract nouns.

ရှိ

ʃḭ — To exist, to have, to be present somewhere.

ထို့

tʰò — That (formal); used in formal or literary contexts.

အတွင်း

ʔətwɪɴ — Within, inside, during a period or space.

ဘက်

bɛʔ — Side, direction, toward a particular side.

ပါ

pà — Polite sentence particle; also 'also', 'please'.

ဆက်

sʰɛʔ — To continue, to connect, to go on doing.

အောက်

ʔauʔ — Below, under, beneath; lower position or level.

ဘယ်

bɛ̀ — Where, which; question word or 'left' direction.

လို

lò — To want, to need; like, similar to, as if.

ငြိမ်

ɲɪ́ɴ — Quiet, still, calm, silent; motionless state.

နိုင်

nàiɴ — To be able to, can; to win or be capable.

ဆင်းရဲ

sʰɪɴjɛ́ — Poor, impoverished, suffering from poverty.

ဒုက္ခ

doʊʔkʰa̰ — Suffering, misery, hardship; Buddhist concept of dukkha.

ခြောက်

tɕʰauʔ — Six (the number 6); also dry, to dry out.

မိနစ်

mḭnɪʔ — Minute; a unit of time equal to sixty seconds.

ဟုတ်

houʔ — Yes, correct, true; affirmative response or confirmation.

ခုနစ်

kʰṵnɪʔ — Seven; the number 7.

ကြာ

tɕà — To take time, to last; a duration of time.

အောင်

ʔáuɴ — To succeed, to pass; purposive particle 'in order to'.

ဖြစ်

pʰjɪʔ — To be, to become, to happen, to occur.

ခဲ့

kʰɛ̰ — Past tense marker indicating a completed action.

ထက်

tʰɛʔ — Than; used in comparisons to indicate greater degree.

အများ

ʔəmjá — Many, the majority, most; plural general reference.

ကြီး

tɕí — Big, large, great; also an honorific or elder suffix.

ပို

pò — More, even more; comparative intensifier particle.

ခံ

kʰàɴ — To bear, to endure, to receive or suffer something.

စား

sá — To eat, to consume food.

ရ

ja̰ — To get, to obtain; achievability modal particle.

ယခု

jəkʰṵ — Now, at this moment, currently; present time.

နေရာ

nèjà — Place, location, spot, position where something is.

ဆယ့်

sʰɛ̰ — Ten plus; prefix used in numbers eleven through nineteen.

ဟု

hṵ — Quotative particle meaning 'saying that' or 'called'.

ထင်

tʰɪɴ — To think, to believe, to suppose or appear to be.

မိ

mḭ — Inadvertent action particle; to catch or grasp something.

လည်း

lɛ́ — Also, too, as well; additive or concessive particle.

တင်း

tɪɴ — Tight, tense, taut; also a unit of measure.

ကိုက်

kaiʔ — To bite, to ache; a sharp pain sensation.

ကြိုး

tɕjó — Rope, string, cord, wire; a binding material.

ဖို့

pʰò — For, in order to; purposive or benefactive particle.

အ

ʔə — Nominalizing prefix attached to verbs or adjectives.

သင့်

θɪɴ — Should, ought to; also 'you' in formal address.

အချိန်

ʔətɕʰèiɴ — Time, a period or moment; scheduled time.

ပင်

pɪɴ — Indeed, even, emphatic particle; also means tree/plant.

ဂျင်မ်

tɕɪɴ — Ginger; a common spice and medicinal root plant.

လေ

lè — Wind, air; also a mild sentence-final softening particle.

ပြင်း

pjɪɴ — Strong, intense, severe; forceful in degree.

ရှူ

ʃù — To breathe, to inhale, to draw breath.

သောက်

θauʔ — To drink, to consume a liquid beverage.

ကြပ်

tɕaʔ — Tight, crowded, close-fitting; strict or congested.

ကျပ်

tɕaʔ — Kyat; Myanmar currency unit; also tight or strict.

ထွက်

tʰwɛʔ — To go out, to exit, to leave a place.

မီ

mì — To reach in time, to be in time for something.

ပြန်

pjàɴ — To return, to go back; again, in return.

လည်

lɛ̀ — To spin, to revolve, to turn around in circles.

သက်

θɛʔ — Life, age, vitality; to be alive or pertain to life.

သာ

θà — Only, just, merely; also comfortable, at ease.

ရာ

jà — Hundred; also a nominalizing suffix in literary Burmese.

လက်

lɛʔ — Hand, arm; a unit of measurement (span of hand).

ဟန်

hàɴ — Appearance, manner, style, posture, look of a person.

ပြ

pjà — To show, to demonstrate, to display something.

နှုတ်

n̥ouʔ — Mouth, lips; to withdraw or resign from something.

အသံ

ʔəθàɴ — Sound, voice, noise; an audible vibration.

သေး

θé — Small, tiny; still, yet (not yet done).

လေး

lé — Four (4); also a mild endearing particle or heavy.

တို့

dò — Plural marker for pronouns; 'we', 'they', 'our'.

နှစ်

n̥ɪʔ — Two (2); also means year as a unit of time.

ဦး

ʔú — Head; honorific prefix for men; classifier for people.

ဒူး

dù — Knee; the joint between upper and lower leg.

တိတ်

taiʔ — Silent, quiet, hushed; without noise or sound.

ဆိတ်

sʰaiʔ — Goat; also quiet, secluded, deserted (homophone).

ရွာ့

jwà — Village; a small rural settlement community.

ကြ

tɕa̰ — Plural verb marker; indicates multiple subjects acting together.

ဆယ်

sʰɛ̀ — Ten; the number 10.

ပေ

pè — Foot (unit of length); also an assertive particle.

ခန့်

kʰàɴ — Approximately, about, roughly; an estimate of quantity.

ဝေး

wé — Far, distant, remote; far away from a place.

သော

θɔ̀ — Relative clause marker attributing a description to a noun.

အခါ

ʔəkʰà — Time, occasion, when; a temporal circumstance marker.

တိုး

tó — To increase, to grow, to advance; also softly/quietly.

ပြော

pjɔ̀ — To speak, to talk, to say something verbally.

ပျော်

pjɔ̀ — Happy, joyful, pleased; to enjoy oneself.

သစ်

θɪʔ — New; also wood or timber from trees.

ချည်

tɕʰì — Thread, yarn; also only, just (particle of limitation).

ချင်

tɕʰɪɴ — To want, to desire; desiderative particle after verbs.

ကြောင်း

tɕáuɴ — Content nominalizer; introduces reported or quoted content clauses.

ငြင်း

ɲɪɴ — To refuse, to deny, to argue against something.

နိုး

nó — To wake up, to become awake, to rouse oneself.

ဆူ

sʰù — Noisy, loud; to boil, to be turbulent or chaotic.

ပူ

pù — Hot, warm; to worry or feel anxious about something.

လျှင်

ʃɪɴ — If, when; conditional particle in formal or literary usage.

အိမ်

ʔèiɴ — House, home, dwelling place.

မည်

mɪ̀ — Future tense marker (formal/literary); will, shall.

စိုး

só — To fear, to worry about; to rule or reign over.

မီး

mí — Fire, flame; light or electricity in everyday usage.

ရှူး

ʃú — Shoe; a footwear item worn on the foot.

လုံ

lóuɴ — To be covered, wrapped; safe, secure, sufficient.

လောက်

lauʔ — About, approximately; enough, sufficient in quantity.

ဖို

pʰò — Male (for animals); also a fireplace or hearth.

ချောင်

tɕʰáuɴ — A stream, brook; also to be loose or slack.

ထပ်

tʰaʔ — Again, once more; also a floor or story of building.

ယူ

jù — To take, to bring, to fetch or carry something.