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Vocabulary

မာလီ

ma-li — Mali; a personal name (also country name)

သည်

thì — Topic marker or present tense verb particle

သူမ

thu-ma — She; third-person singular feminine pronoun

၏

i — Possessive or linking particle in formal writing

သမီး

tha-mi — Daughter; female child of a parent

ကို

ko — Object marker particle; indicates direct object

ကြည့်

kji̤ — To look at; to watch; to observe

လိုက်

laiʔ — To follow; directional complement indicating motion

တစ်နည်း

tiʔ-nè — Another way; in other words; alternatively

နည်း

nè — Method; way; manner of doing something

ဖြင့်

pʰji̤ɴ — By means of; with; using; instrumental particle

မိမိ

mi-mi — Oneself; reflexive pronoun meaning one's own self

ကိုယ်

ko̰ — Body; self; oneself; first-person informal pronoun

မည်

mji̤ — Future tense marker; will; shall (formal)

သည့်

thì̤ — Relative clause particle modifying a preceding noun

ဦးတည်

ú-ti̤ — To aim toward; to head in a direction

ရာ

ya — Nominalizer; place; also used in percentages

သို့

θo̤ — To; toward; in the direction of (formal)

ကြီး

tɕí — Big; large; great; elder; senior

ထွား

tʰwá — To grow stout; to develop; to be robust

နေ

ne — To live; to stay; to reside; sun

အမြဲ

a-mjɛ̀ — Always; constantly; all the time

တမ်း

tàɴ — Yearning; craving; used in reduplicated emphasis

သိ

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

သော

θɔ̀ — Relative clause particle; that; which (formal)

ဤ

ì — This (formal/literary demonstrative pronoun)

ဆယ့်

sʰɛ̤ — Ten-plus; used in compound numbers like 12, 15

နှစ်

hnìʔ — Two; year; a period of twelve months

သား

θá — Son; male child; also softening particle

ကလေး

ka-lé — Child; baby; young person; kid

ကျောင်း

tɕáuɴ — School; monastery; educational institution

သာ

θà — Only; just; merely; also a comfort particle

မျှ

mjà — Only; as much as; equally; just that amount

ဟု

hu — Quotative particle meaning 'saying that' (formal)

ပြော

pjɔ̀ — To speak; to say; to tell someone something

ခဲ့

kʰɛ̤ — Past tense marker; indicates completed or past action

ထို

tʰo — That; those; demonstrative pronoun (formal)

စကား

za-gá — Word; speech; language; conversation

မှား

hmá — Wrong; incorrect; to make a mistake

ယွင်း

jwíɴ — Faulty; flawed; erroneous; defective

ခြင်း

tɕʰíɴ — Nominalizing suffix indicating an action or state

မ

ma — Negation prefix; not; do not (pre-verbal)

ရှိ

ʃì — To exist; to have; to be present somewhere

ပင်

piɴ — Even; indeed; emphasis particle; also tree/plant

ဖြစ်

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

ထို့

tʰo̤ — Therefore; so; thus; that (demonstrative formal)

နောက်

nauʔ — After; behind; next; later in time

တစ်ခြား

tiʔ-tɕʰá — Other; another; different; separate thing

အရာ

a-ya — Thing; matter; object; an item or affair

တစ်ခု

tiʔ-kʰu — One thing; one unit; a single item

လာ

là — To come; to arrive; directional complement (toward speaker)

ထပ်

tʰaʔ — Again; additionally; on top of; another time

ထပ်မံ

tʰaʔ-màɴ — Once more; again; repeatedly; additionally

ပေါ်

pɔ̀ — On top of; above; to appear; to surface

ဘာ

bà — What; interrogative pronoun asking about things

ကြောင့်

tɕàuɴ — Because of; due to; on account of

ဆို

sʰo — To say; quotative verb; meaning 'called' or 'said'

သော်

θɔ̀ — Although; but; however (formal concessive particle)

နိပါ

ni-pa — Fable; parable; instructive story (Pali origin)

ကဲ့သို့

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

သူ

θù — He; she; they; third-person pronoun

များ

mjá — Many; plural marker; much; a lot

ချက်

tɕʰɛʔ — Immediately; punch; cooking; a decisive moment

ရှေ့

ʃḛ — Front; ahead; in front of; before

ခြေ

tɕʰɛ — Foot; leg; base of something

နင်း

níɴ — To step on; to tread on; to trample

နှင့်

hnìɴ — And; with; together with (formal conjunction)

ပတ်သက်

paʔ-θɛʔ — To relate to; to concern; to be involved with

တွင်

twìɴ — In; at; inside; locative particle (formal)

သွား

θwá — To go; to leave; directional complement (away)

လေ့

lɛ̤ — Habit; to be accustomed to; to practice

ချင်း

tɕʰíɴ — Each other; mutually; same group marker particle

စီ

si — Each; respectively; in order; one by one

သဘာဝ

θa-ba-wà — Nature; natural; innate characteristic of something

ကျ

tɕa — To fall; to drop; to decrease; to suit

ဦး

ú — Head; first; counter for people (polite)

ဆောင်

sʰàuɴ — To carry; to lead; to conduct; to perform

ကာ

ka — While doing; temporal connective particle; shield

အားလုံး

á-louɴ — All; everyone; everything; the whole lot

နေရာ

ne-ya — Place; location; position; spot

မှ

hma — From; only; ablative particle indicating source

ဝေး

wé — Far; distant; far away from something

ညွှန်

ɲʷʰùɴ — To point; to indicate; to direct; to instruct

ပြ

pja — To show; to display; to demonstrate something

ကျမ

tɕa-ma — I; me; first-person pronoun used by females

ကောင်း

káuɴ — Good; well; fine; nice; excellent

ဖတ်

pʰaʔ — To read; to recite; to read aloud

ရ

ya — To get; to obtain; can; to be able to

စေ

se — To cause; to make someone do; causative particle

စာရွက်

za-jwɛʔ — Paper; sheet of paper; document

ဆီ

sʰi — Oil; toward; in the direction of something

ဆွဲ

swɛ̀ — To pull; to drag; to draw toward oneself

ယူ

ju — To take; to bring; to carry away something

အပေါ်

a-pɔ̀ — Above; on top; upper; regarding; concerning

ဆုံး

sʰóuɴ — End; finish; to die; most (superlative particle)

စာ

za — Letter; writing; text; lesson; medicine

မျက်

mjɛʔ — Eye; face (used in compounds like မျက်နှာ)

နှာ

hnà — Nose; face (in မျက်နှာ meaning face)

လက်

lɛʔ — Hand; arm; now; current (used in compounds)

ဝါး

wá — Bamboo; to chew; to gnaw something

ပွတ်

pwuʔ — To rub; to scrub; to polish a surface

သပ်

θaʔ — Neat; tidy; clean; well-groomed appearance

မှာ

hmà — At; in; on; to order; locative/dative particle

သဘောတူ

θa-bɔ̀-du — To agree; to consent; to be in accord

ညီ

ɲì — Equal; younger sibling; level; uniform

မှု

hmu — Nominalizer suffix for actions; matter; affair

သို့မဟုတ်

θo̤-ma-houʔ — Or; otherwise; alternatively (formal conjunction)

နီး

ní — Near; close; nearby; in close proximity

စပ်

saʔ — To mix; spicy; to be adjacent; to connect

လောက်

lauʔ — About; approximately; enough; sufficient amount

နား

ná — Ear; to rest; near; to pause briefly

လည်

lɛ̤ — To turn; to circulate; also (conjunction particle)

ကျန်

tɕàɴ — Remaining; left over; to be left behind

ဆက်

sʰɛʔ — To continue; to connect; to follow on

မည့်

mji̤ — Future relative particle; which will happen soon

ဝိုင်း

wáiɴ — Circle; round; to surround; to gather around

အတွက်

a-twɛʔ — For; for the sake of; on behalf of

ပြင်

pjiɴ — Outside; to prepare; to fix; to repair

ဆင်

sʰiɴ — Elephant; to prepare; to dress; to adorn

ထ

tʰa — To stand up; to rise; to get up

ပဲ

pɛ̀ — Only; just; bean; emphatic limiting particle

တောင့်

tàuɴ — Stiff; firm; to be taut; to long for

ရှည်

ʃḛ — Long; lengthy; elongated; tall (of objects)

ပြုတ်

pjouʔ — To fall off; to boil; to come loose

ကူ

ku — To help; to assist; to cross over

ရန်

yàɴ — In order to; enemy; danger; hostility

တို့

to̤ — Plural marker for pronouns; we; they; us

လုပ်

louʔ — To do; to make; to work; to perform

ယှဉ်

ʃíɴ — To compete; to compare; to be alongside

တွဲ

twɛ̀ — To attach; to couple; to hang together; pair

ကိုင်

káiɴ — To hold; to grasp; to handle something

ကြ

tɕa — Plural verb marker; to do together collectively

မီးဖို

mí-pʰo — Stove; fireplace; cooking fire hearth

ချောင်

tɕʰàuɴ — Creek; small stream; side path; to sneak

ဓား

dá — Knife; blade; dagger; cutting tool

ပန်းကန်

páɴ-gaɴ — Plate; dish; bowl for eating food

လုံး

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

အိမ်

eiɴ — House; home; dwelling place; residence

တွင်း

twíɴ — Inside; interior; hole; pit; within

နှုန်း

hnóuɴ — Rate; ratio; speed; level of measurement

တစ်ဦး

tiʔ-ú — One person; a single individual (polite counter)

စွာ

swà — Adverbial suffix meaning -ly; in a manner of

လူ

lu — Person; human being; people; man

သက်

θɛʔ — Life; age; to apply to; to be effective

လှည့်

hlɛ̤ — To turn around; to rotate; to deceive

ကွင်း

kwíɴ — Ring; circle; field; open space; arena

သံ

θàɴ — Sound; voice; iron; metal; tone

အတူ

a-du — Together; along with; simultaneously with someone

ခဲ့ကာ

kʰɛ̤-ka — Having done; past action continuing into present

တစ်လျှောက်

tiʔ-lʃauʔ — Throughout; along; the whole way through

အိပ်

eiʔ — To sleep; to lie down; to rest in bed

ပျော်

pjɔ̀ — Happy; joyful; to enjoy; to have fun

ဟန်

hàɴ — Posture; appearance; manner; style; pretense

အနီး

a-ní — Near; nearby; in close vicinity of something

ကပ်

kaʔ — To stick to; to be close; to attach; plague

ပိတ်

peiʔ — To close; to shut; to block; closed

မိ

mi — To catch; to grasp accidentally; mother (informal)

လည်း

lɛ́ — Also; too; as well; connective particle

မိနစ်

mi-niʔ — Minute; unit of time equal to sixty seconds

အနည်း

a-nè — A little; small amount; few; minimal quantity

ငယ်

ŋɛ̀ — Young; small; little; junior; younger sibling

တိုင်း

táiɴ — Every; always; region; to measure; each time

လှုပ်

hlʊʔ — To move; to shake; to stir; to wiggle

ရှား

ʃá — Rare; scarce; seldom found; uncommon

ညှိ

ɲì — To adjust; to tune; to negotiate; to align

နှိုင်း

hnáiɴ — To compare; to contrast with something else

မှတ်

hmaʔ — To remember; to note; to mark; to record

တင်

tiɴ — To present; to place on; to submit; to upload

မိုး

mó — Rain; sky; to rain; the rainy season

ရွာ

ywà — Village; town; to rain heavily; rural settlement

သွန်း

θʊ́ɴ — To pour; to cast metal; to spill liquid

လှန်

hlàɴ — To flip over; to turn upside down; to overturn

အတွင်း

a-twíɴ — Inside; within; during a period of time

အသံ

a-θàɴ — Sound; voice; noise; audio; tone

ပြီး

pjí — After; finished; done; completion particle

စစ်

siʔ — War; military; to examine; to check; genuine

ဆေး

sʰé — Medicine; drug; to wash; to clean; paint

စီး

sí — To ride; to flow; to drift; a flow

ဘဲ

bɛ̀ — Without doing; duck; negative connective particle

အခန်း

a-kʰàɴ — Room; chapter; section; compartment

ထဲ

tʰɛ̀ — Inside; within; into; interior locative particle

ခု

kʰu — Now; general counter for objects; this moment

ပြောင်း

pjáuɴ — To change; to transform; to switch; corn

လဲ

lɛ̀ — To fall down; also; interrogative particle

ကြောင်း

tɕáuɴ — That; nominalized clause marker; reason; cat

ခံ

kʰàɴ — To endure; to bear; to receive; to undergo

စား

sá — To eat; to consume food; to devour

နိုင်

náiɴ — To be able to; can; to win; to defeat

အရေး

a-yé — Importance; matter; concern; issue; emergency

ဟုတ်

houʔ — True; correct; right; yes; indeed

အန္တရာယ်

àɴ-da-yè — Danger; hazard; risk; peril; threat

တစ်စုံ

tiʔ-sóuɴ — Something; a certain thing; some (indefinite)

က

ka — Subject marker particle; from; by (informal)

အခါ

a-kʰà — Time; occasion; when; at the time of

အလေး

a-lé — Weight; heaviness; importance; to emphasize

ချိန်

tɕʰáiɴ — Time; moment; to weigh; to measure precisely

ချိတ်

tɕʰeiʔ — To hook; to link; to connect; to hang on

လမ်း

làɴ — Road; path; way; route; method

မူ

mu — Policy; principle; as for; topic-contrast particle