Enquire within upon everything: The great Victorian-era domestic standby — Page 9

Vocabulary

အချိန်

a-chain — Time; a period or moment in time

ကုန်

kone — To finish, run out, or be exhausted

သက်

thet — Life; age; to relate or concern

သာ

tha — Only; just; particle indicating emphasis or limitation

မှု

hmu — Noun-forming suffix indicating action or matter

ဖြင့်

hpyin — By means of; with; using (instrumental particle)

နှစ်

hnit — Year; also the number two

ဆ

hsa — Times; multiplied by (mathematical multiplier)

တိုး

toe — To increase, grow, or advance

သော

thaw — Relative clause particle; that which is

ဘဝ

ba-wa — Life; existence; one's life situation

နှင့်

hnin — And; with; together with (conjunction)

တစ်

tit — One; a; an (number and article)

ပဲ

pè — Only; just; emphatic limiting particle

ငွေ

ngwè — Money; silver; currency

သည်

thi — Topic marker; copula verb 'is/am/are'

ထောင်

htaung — Thousand; also prison; to stand upright

ပေါင်

paung — Pound (unit); thigh; to combine

ဖြစ်

hpyit — To be; to become; to happen

လာ

la — To come; directional verb toward speaker

ပုံ

pone — Picture; shape; form; image

ဤ

i — This (formal demonstrative pronoun)

ခု

khu — Now; currently; counter for objects

အနက်

a-net — Meaning; definition; dark color

ပထမ

pa-hta-ma — First; the first one in order

က

ga — Subject marker particle; from (postposition)

ခဏ

kha-na — A moment; a short while; briefly

၏

e — Possessive particle; of (formal genitive marker)

တန်

tan — To be worth; appropriate; a unit of value

ဖိုး

phoe — Value; price; worth (noun)

ကို

ko — Object marker particle; to; toward

သင်

thin — You (second person pronoun); to learn

ကြား

kjá — Between; among; to hear

ပေး

pè — To give; to provide something to someone

ပြီး

pyi — Already done; after completing; finished

အနည်း

a-hnee — Few; small amount; a little

ငယ်

ngè — Young; small; junior

အပေါ်

a-paw — Above; on top of; regarding

ဂရု

ga-yu — Care; attention; mindfulness

မ

ma — Negation prefix; not; female prefix

စိုက်

soit — To plant; to cultivate; to invest attention

ဆောင်

hsaung — To carry; to conduct; to perform

ရွက်

ywet — Leaf; to carry out (an action)

ကြောင့်

kjàung — Because of; due to; therefore

မည်

myi — Future tense marker; will; shall

သို့

thoe — To; toward; in the direction of

တို

toe — Short; brief; plural suffix

တောင်း

taung — To request; to ask for something

နိုင်

naing — To be able to; can; to win

ပြ

pya — To show; to demonstrate; to display

ဒုတိယ

dou-ti-ya — Second; the second in order

မူ

mu — Policy; principle; original; as for (topic particle)

ကြေး

kjé — Fee; charge; wire; copper

စပ်

sat — To mix; spicy; to connect; to relate

လျဉ်း

ljin — Regarding; concerning; about (formal)

၍

yway — Therefore; and so; connective particle

တူ

tu — Same; equal; alike; resembling

ညီ

nyi — Equal; younger sibling; to be consistent

အကြောင်း

a-kjàung — Reason; cause; about; concerning (topic)

အချက်

a-chet — Point; fact; key detail or element

ဆက်

hset — To continue; to connect; to follow

လက်

let — Hand; arm; current; presently active

တင်

tin — To present; to submit; to place on

အံ့

an — To wonder; to be amazed; surprising

ဖွယ်

phwè — Worthy of; deserving; suffix indicating suitability

အရာ

a-ya — Thing; matter; object; item

များ

mjá — Many; plural marker; more (comparative)

သရုပ်

tha-yote — Characteristic; nature; portrayal; depiction

ဖော်

phaw — To reveal; to show; to portray

တကွ

ta-kwa — Together with; along with; jointly

နိုင်ငံ

naing-ngan — Country; nation; state

ပေါင်း

paung — To combine; to add; total; sum

စုံ

sone — Complete; full set; all types

စိတ်

seit — Mind; heart; feeling; intention

ဝင်

win — To enter; to go in; to join

စား

sá — To eat; to consume; to use up

ကောင်း

kaung — Good; well; nice; of high quality

ချက်

chet — Point; immediately; to cook; instant

သမိုင်း

tha-maing — History; historical record or account

ဆိုင်ရာ

hsaing-ya — Related to; pertaining to; concerning

လမ်း

lan — Road; path; way; method

ညွှန်

hnwan — To point; to guide; to indicate direction

ရေး

yè — To write; affair; matter; issue

ဘာသာ

ba-tha — Language; religion; subject of study

ဥပဒေ

u-pa-dè — Law; legislation; legal rule

ကူး

ku — To cross over; to copy; to transfer

သန်း

than — Million; to be strong; to thrive

ရောင်း

yaung — To sell; to vend goods

ဝယ်

wè — To buy; to purchase something

စာပေ

sa-pè — Literature; letters; written works

တပ်

tat — Army; military; to attach; to install

ကြည်း

kjí — Land (military); army; solid ground

ရေ

yè — Water; liquid; to write (alternate reading)

အနု

a-nu — Fine; delicate; subtle; gentle

ပညာ

pyin-nya — Knowledge; wisdom; education; learning

သိပ္ပံ

thit-pan — Science; scientific study or discipline

ပထဝီ

pa-hta-wi — Geography; the earth's surface and features

ရိုး

yo — Bone; simple; plain; traditional

ရာ

ya — Hundred; place; era; verb suffix

ဓလေ့

da-lè — Custom; tradition; habitual practice

အမျိုးသား

a-myo-tha — Male; man; national; ethnic group member

လူမှု

lu-hmu — Social; society; community affairs

ကိုယ်

ko — Body; self; oneself; personal pronoun

တာ

ta — Duty; role; nominalizing particle

ဝိသေသ

wi-the-tha — Special; particular; distinctive characteristic

ဝေါဟာရ

waw-ha-ya — Vocabulary; terminology; technical term

စကား

za-ga — Speech; word; conversation; language

စု

su — Group; collection; to gather; to save

ဂုဏ်

gon — Honor; merit; prestige; quality

ပုဒ်

pote — Word; term; clause; grammatical unit

အမည်

a-myin — Name; title; designation

တံဆိပ်

ta-hseit — Stamp; label; seal; brand mark

ကိုး

ko — Nine; to rely on; reference citation

ကား

ka — Car; vehicle; topic particle (formal)

အခြား

a-cha — Other; another; different; else

အဓိပ္ပာယ်

a-deit-pa-yè — Meaning; definition; significance

မူလ

mu-la — Original; primary; fundamental; root

ရင်း

yin — Source; origin; while doing; intimate

မြစ်

myit — River; source; origin

အကျဉ်း

a-kjin — Summary; brief; narrow; concise

ချုပ်

chote — To summarize; to sew; to conclude

သော်

thaw — Although; even though; conditional particle

လည်း

lé — Also; too; as well; even

ရှင်း

shin — Clear; to explain; to clarify something

လင်း

lin — Bright; light; clear; luminous

စွာ

zwa — Adverb-forming suffix meaning -ly or fully

အစားအစာ

a-sá-a-sa — Food; something to eat; meal

ရော

yaw — Mixed; together; also (spoken particle)

နှော

hnaw — To mix; to blend; to combine

လိမ်

lein — To deceive; to lie; to cheat

လည်

lè — To turn; to rotate; also (particle)

စစ်

sit — War; military; to examine; to inspect

ဆေး

hsè — Medicine; drug; paint; dye

နည်း

né — Method; way; few; less; technique

အဖျော်

a-phyaw — Beverage; drink; refreshment

ယမကာ

ya-ma-ga — Alcoholic beverage; liquor; spirits

ပြင်

pyin — Outside; to repair; to prepare; to fix

ဆင်

hsin — Elephant; to dress up; to adorn

စဉ်

zin — During; while; order; sequence

ငှက်

hngat — Bird; a feathered flying animal

မွေး

mwé — To raise; to breed; to give birth

မြူ

myu — Fog; mist; to tame or domesticate

ခြင်း

chin — Nominalizing suffix; act of; -ing form

ပျား

pyá — Bee; honeybee

ကြက်

kjet — Chicken; rooster; fowl

ဆိတ်

hseit — Goat; quiet; silent

အသား

a-tha — Meat; flesh; skin tone

လှီး

hlí — To cut; to slice thinly

ဖြတ်

phyat — To cut through; to pass through; shortcut

ပွဲ

pwè — Event; ceremony; festival; performance

ချ

cha — To place down; to lower; to pour

ထား

htá — To keep; to put; to place; to leave

ကလေး

ka-lé — Child; baby; young child

ပြု

pyu — To do; to make; to act; to perform

ပျိုး

pyo — To cultivate; to nurture; to raise seedlings

စီမံ

si-man — To manage; to plan; to organize

ကွပ်

kwat — To oversee; to control; to execute

ကဲ

kè — Like; as if; degree; particle of comparison

ရွေး

ywé — To choose; to select; to pick

ချယ်

che — To color; to decorate; to apply paint

ဈေး

zè — Market; price; bazaar

ထွက်

htwet — To go out; to exit; to come out

မုန့်

mone — Snack; cake; pastry; baked good

အချို

a-cho — Sweet; sweetness; sweet flavor

ကိတ်

kite — Cake; a baked sweet food

ဂျယ်

jè — Jelly (loanword from English)

သကြား

tha-kjá — Sugar; sweetener

လုံး

lone — Whole; entire; round; counter for round objects

စီးပွား

si-bwa — Business; commerce; economy; livelihood

အကြံ

a-kjan — Idea; suggestion; plan; advice

ဉာဏ်

nyan — Wisdom; intelligence; knowledge; intellect

ခန်း

khan — Room; hall; chapter; to be dried up

စာ

sa — Letter; book; writing; text

မှန်

hman — Correct; true; mirror; glass

ကန်

kan — Lake; pond; to kick; to object

ပြော

pyaw — To say; to speak; to tell

ဆို

hso — To say; to mean; to sing

သား

tha — Son; young of animal; flesh

အလှ

a-lha — Beauty; prettiness; attractive quality

သုတ်

thote — To wipe; to apply; to smear on

အရောင်

a-yaung — Color; hue; shade; complexion

ခြယ်

che — To apply color; to paint; to decorate

ရွှေ

shwè — Gold; golden color or material

မှုပ်

hmote — To cover; to cap; to conceal

အန္တရာယ်

an-ta-ya — Danger; hazard; risk; threat

စေ

sè — To cause; to make someone do; to send

တိရစ္ဆာန်

ta-yit-hsan — Animal; beast; creature

ပိုး

po — Insect; worm; parasite; bacteria

မွှား

hmwá — Insect pest; bug; to be repulsed

ဖျက်

hpyet — To destroy; to cancel; to demolish

ဆီး

hsí — To block; urine; plum fruit

အဝတ်

a-wot — Clothing; garment; fabric; clothes

အစား

a-sá — Instead of; substitute for; food

စီ

si — Each; in order; to arrange neatly

စောင့်

hsaung — To wait; to guard; to watch over

ရှောက်

shout — To protect; to take care of; to shield

ဆိုး

hso — Bad; terrible; severe; ugly

ပွတ်

pwat — To rub; to scrub; to brush

တိုက်

tite — To fight; building; multi-story structure

သန့်

than — Clean; pure; tidy; hygienic