Heart of Darkness — Page 7

Vocabulary

သူ့ကို

thu. hko — To him; him (object marker attached)

ဒီနေရာမှာ

di ne.ya. hma — Here; at this place

စိတ်ကူး

seit ku: — To imagine; a thought or idea

ကြည့်

kji̤ — To look; to watch; to observe

ပါ

pa — Polite particle; also; to come along

ကမ္ဘာ့

kəmba. — World's; of the world (genitive)

အစွန်းဆုံး

a.swun: hsoun: — Most extreme; furthest edge or end

နေရာ

ne.ya. — Place; location; spot

ရောင်

yaun — Color; light; shine; to shine

သမုဒ္ဒရာ

θa.mod.da.ya — Ocean; sea; vast body of water

မီးခိုး

mi: hko: — Smoke; gray color; smoky haze

ကောင်းကင်

koun kɪn — Sky; heavens above the earth

တစ်လက်

tɪʔ lɛʔ — One piece (classifier for weapons/tools)

လောက်ပင်

lauʔ pɪn — Even just; merely; only that much

တောင့်တင်းမှု

toun̥ tɪn hmu — Tension; tautness; state of being tense

မရှိ

ma. ʃi — Does not exist; there is none

သည့်

θɪ̤ — Relative clause marker; that which is

သင်္ဘော

θɪn̥bɔ — Ship; large sea vessel

တစ်စီး

tɪʔ si: — One vehicle (classifier for ships/cars)

ပြီးတော့

pji: tɔ — And then; after that; subsequently

ကုန်ပစ္စည်း

koun pjɪʔsi: — Goods; merchandise; commercial products

များ

mja: — Many; plural marker; more than one

သို့မဟုတ်

θo̤ ma.houʔ — Or; otherwise; alternatively

အမိန့်

a.mɪn̤ — Order; command; official directive

ကြိုက်

tɕaiʔ — To like; to prefer; to be fond of

အရာ

a.ya — Thing; matter; object; item

တင်ဆောင်

tɪn θaun — To carry; to transport cargo or passengers

ကာ

ka — While; as; blocking; shielding particle

ဤ

i — This (formal/literary); referring to nearby thing

မြစ်

mjɪʔ — River; flowing body of freshwater

အတိုင်း

a.tain: — According to; as per; following

အထက်

a.θɛʔ — Above; upper; superior; upstream

သို့

θo̤ — To; toward; in the direction of

သွား

θwa: — To go; to leave; to travel

နေ

ne — Sun; to live; to stay; to dwell

သည်

θɪ̤ — Present tense marker; topic marker

ကို

ko — Object marker; to; toward (particle)

သဲတန်း

θɛ tan: — Sandbank; sandy riverbank or shore

ကျိုင်းတော

tɕain: dɔ — Dense jungle; thick wild forest

သစ်တော

θɪʔ tɔ — Forest; woodland; jungle area

ရက်စက်

jɛʔ sɛʔ — Cruel; brutal; merciless; harsh treatment

ကြမ်းကြုတ်

tɕan: tɕouʔ — Rough; savage; violent; coarse in manner

သော

θɔ — Relative clause particle; who/which/that

လူ

lu — Person; human being; people

ယဉ်ကျေး

jɪn tɕe: — Civilized; cultured; well-mannered; polite

တစ်ယောက်

tɪʔ jauʔ — One person; a single individual

အတွက်

a.twɛʔ — For; for the sake of; because of

သင့်တော်

θɪn̤ tɔ — Suitable; appropriate; fitting; proper

စားစရာ

sa: za.ya — Food; something to eat; edibles

အလွန်

a.lwɪn — Very; extremely; excessively; too much

နည်းပါး

nɛ: pa: — Scarce; few; insufficient in quantity

လှ

l̥a — Beautiful; pretty; attractive; lovely

ပြီး

pji: — Finished; after; done; completed

သောက်စရာ

θauʔ za.ya — Drink; something to drink; beverages

မြစ်ရေ

mjɪʔ je — River water; water from a river

မှ

hma — From; since; only then (particle)

လွဲ၍

lwɛ jwe — Except; other than; apart from

တစ်ခု

tɪʔ kʰu — One thing; a single item or unit

မျှ

hmja — Only; just; merely; as much as

တွင်

twɪn — In; at; within (locative particle)

သောက်ရည်

θauʔ je — Drinking water; liquid beverage for drinking

ကမ်းပါး

kan: pa: — Riverbank; steep bank along water

ဆင်း

sɪn: — To descend; to go down; to climb down

ခွင့်

kʰwɪn̤ — Permission; right; opportunity; leave

လည်း

lɛ: — Also; too; as well; even (particle)

အနှံ့

a.n̥an̤ — Throughout; all over; everywhere in

တောနက်

tɔ nɛʔ — Deep jungle; dark dense wilderness

ထဲ

tʰɛ — Inside; within; into (locative particle)

ပျောက်ကွယ်

pjauʔ kwɛ — To disappear; to vanish; to be lost

စစ်တပ်

sɪʔ taʔ — Military; armed forces; army unit

စခန်း

za.kʰan: — Camp; military base; station

မိုးပွင့်

mo: pwɪn̤ — Clear sky after rain; sky opening up

ပုံ

poun — Picture; shape; form; resemblance

ထဲမှ

tʰɛ hma — From within; out of; from inside

အပ်

a.paʔ — To hand over; to entrust; needle

တစ်ချောင်း

tɪʔ tɕoun: — One piece (classifier for long thin objects)

ကဲ့သို့

kɛ̤ θo̤ — Like; similar to; as if; resembling

အအေး

a.ʔe: — Cold; coolness; something cold

မြူ

mju — Mist; fog; haze; misty vapor

မုန်တိုင်း

moun tain: — Storm; tempest; violent wind and rain

ရောဂါ

jɔ ga — Disease; illness; sickness; ailment

နှင်ထုတ်

n̥ɪn tʰouʔ — To expel; to drive out; to banish

ခြင်း

tɕɪn: — Nominalization particle; act of doing something

နှင့်

n̥ɪn̤ — And; with; together with (conjunction)

သေဆုံး

θe θoun: — To die; to perish; death occurs

လေထု

le tʰu — Atmosphere; air; ambient air environment

ရေ

je — Water; liquid; also sentence particle

သစ်ပင်

θɪʔ pɪn — Tree; a woody plant; timber tree

အုပ်

ouʔ — To cover; a flock; to rule over

ချောင်းမြောင်း

tɕoun: mjoun: — Streams and channels; narrow waterways

သူတို့

θu to̤ — They; them; those people

ဒီ

di — This; these; here (informal demonstrative)

ယင်ကောင်

jɪn kaun — Fly; housefly; flying insect pest

ကြ

tɕa — Plural verb particle; to do together

ဖွယ်ရာ

p̤wɛ ja — Worthy of; likely to; deserving of

ဖြစ်

pjɪʔ — To be; to become; to happen; to occur

အို

o — Oh! (exclamation of emotion or address)

ဟုတ်တယ်

houʔ tɛ — Yes; that's right; it is so

သူ

θu — He; she; that person; third person pronoun

လုပ်

louʔ — To do; to make; to perform an action

ခဲ့

kʰɛ̤ — Past tense marker; did; went away

တယ်

tɛ — Statement ending particle (informal)

သံသယ

θan̥θa.ja — Doubt; suspicion; uncertainty; mistrust

ကောင်းစွာ

kaun zwa — Well; properly; in a good manner

လုပ်ဆောင်

louʔ θaun — To carry out; to execute; to perform

၎င်း

dɪn̥ ɡa — It; he/she/that (formal literary pronoun)

အကြောင်း

a.tɕoun: — Reason; cause; about; concerning a matter

သိပ်

θeɪʔ — Very; quite; extremely; too (intensifier)

မ

ma. — Negation prefix; not; don't (negative marker)

စဉ်းစား

sɪn: sa: — To think; to consider; to ponder

ဘဲ

bɛ — Without doing; instead; rather (particle)

တာပင်

ta pɪn — Indeed so; it is really the case

နောင်

naun — Future; later; hereafter; in the future

မိမိ

mi.mi. — Oneself; self; one's own (reflexive pronoun)

ဖြတ်သန်း

pjɪʔ θan: — To pass through; to traverse; to experience

ကြွားဝါ

tɕwa: wa — To boast; to brag; to show off

ပြောဆို

pjɔ θo — To speak; to say; to tell someone

ရုံ

joun — Only; just; merely; barely enough

က

ka — Subject marker particle; from; agent marker

ထင်

tʰɪn — To think; to seem; to appear; to assume

မှောင်မိုက်

hmoun maiʔ — Darkness; dark and gloomy; murky

ရင်ဆိုင်

jɪn θain — To face; to confront; to deal with

ရန်

jan — In order to; for the purpose of; enemy

လုံလောက်

loun lauʔ — Enough; sufficient; adequate amount

ရဲရင့်

jɛ jɪn̤ — Brave; courageous; bold; daring

ကောင်း

kaun — Good; nice; well; positive quality

သူငယ်ချင်း

θu ŋɛ tɕɪn: — Friend; close companion; buddy

ရှိ

ʃi — To have; to exist; there is/are

ကြောက်မက်

tɕauʔ mɛʔ — Frightful; terrifying; causing fear or dread

ဖွယ်

p̤wɛ — Worthy; likely to be; seeming to be

ရာသီဥတု

ja θi ʔu du — Climate; weather; seasonal conditions

ရှင်သန်

ʃɪn θan — To survive; to live; to stay alive

ကျော်လွှား

tɕɔ l̥wa: — To overcome; to surmount; to get past

နိုင်

naɪn — Can; to be able to; to win; capable

လျှင်

l̥ɪn — If; when; as soon as (conditional particle)

တပ်ဖွဲ့

taʔ p̤wɛ̤ — Military unit; armed force; troop formation

တိုးတက်ရာ

to taʔ ja — Progress; advancement; improvement; development

ရရှိ

ja ʃi — To obtain; to acquire; to receive; to get

ချေ

tɕe — Emphatic/assertive sentence-final particle

မျှော်မှန်း

hmjɔ hman: — To hope; to aspire; to expect something

လျက်

l̥ɛʔ — While doing; continuous action particle

ရွှင်မြူး

ʃwɪn mju: — To be cheerful; joyful; happy; elated

ပေ

pe — Foot (unit); emphatic/assertive particle

မည်

mjɪ̤ — Future tense marker; will; shall

ဝတ်ဆင်

wuʔ sɪn — To wear; to dress in; to put on clothes

ထား

tʰa: — To place; to keep; to leave in place

လူငယ်

lu ŋɛ — Young person; youth; young adult

တွေး

twe: — To think; to ponder; to contemplate

သင်

θɪn — You; second person pronoun (formal)

သိ

θi — To know; to be aware of; to understand

ဆန်စပါး

sʰan za.ba: — Rice; paddy rice grain; uncooked rice

ဂိမ်း

ɡeim: — Game; match; sporting or competitive event

နည်းနည်း

nɛ: nɛ: — A little; a bit; slightly; small amount

ဘဝ

ba.wa — Life; existence; one's way of living

ကံကြမ္မာ

kan tɕama — Fate; destiny; karma; fortune

ပြန်ပြင်

pjan pjɪn — To repair; to fix; to revise; to redo

မြို့ပြ

mjo̤ pja — Urban; city; town area or setting

ဝန်ကြီး

wun tɕi: — Minister; government minister; high official

အခွန်

a.kʰun — Tax; levy; tariff; duty charged by government

ကောက်

kauʔ — To collect; to harvest; curved; bent

ကုန်သည်

koun θɪ̤ — Merchant; trader; businessman; seller

၏

i. — Genitive possessive particle (formal/literary)

အဖွဲ့ဝင်

a.p̤wɛ̤ wɪn — Member; member of a group or organization

အဖြစ်

a.pjɪʔ — As; in the role of; in the capacity of

ထွက်

tʰwɛʔ — To exit; to come out; to leave; emerge

လာ

la — To come; to arrive; directional particle