Harrigan — Page 1

Vocabulary

နှင့်

hnin — Conjunction meaning and or with

တို့မှ

to. hma. — From or by a group of people

ထုတ်လုပ်သည်

htoat loat the. — To produce or manufacture something

။

Burmese full stop sentence-ending punctuation mark

၏

e — Possessive or genitive particle meaning of

အခြား

a.hkya — Other or another; different from current subject

ရေးသား

yay tha — To write or compose a text

ချက်

hkyak — A point, stroke, or instance of something

များ

mya — Plural marker meaning many or several

၊

Burmese comma used to separate clauses

သဲ

the — Sand; fine granular particles on ground

ဖိုး

pho — Price or value; also a male name suffix

ခက်ခဲ

khak khe — Difficult, hard, or challenging to do

သော

thaw — Relative clause particle equivalent to which or that

စမ်းသပ်

san thak — To test or try something out

မှု

hmu — Nominalizing suffix indicating act or matter

ခြံစိုက်

hkyan soik — To plant in an enclosure or garden area

ကွင်း

kwin — An open field, ring, or enclosed ground

သေနတ်

the-nat — A gun or firearm weapon

ညှဉ်းပန်း

hnyin pan — To torture or oppress someone cruelly

နှိပ်စက်

hnait sak — To persecute or harass someone repeatedly

ခရီးလမ်း

kha yi lan — A travel route or road for journeying

သဘာဝ

tha ba wa — Nature or natural state of things

နူးညံ့

nu nyan — Gentle, soft, or tender in manner

သမား

tha ma — A person or practitioner of a skill

ဥယျာဉ်

u-yan — A garden or park with plants

ရွှေ

shwe — Gold; precious yellow metal

လျှပ်စစ်

hlak sit — Electricity; electrical power or current

ကြိုး

kyo — A rope, string, or cord

လူစိမ်း

lu sein — A stranger or unfamiliar person

တောင့်တင်း

taung tin — Strong, firm, or muscularly built

လိုဘို

lo bo — Necessary or needed; must have something