Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 1

Vocabulary

အဲဒါဆို

ɛ da sò — 'In that case' or 'if so, then'.

မစ္စ်

miss — Title 'Miss' used before a woman's name.

ဟုတ်ကဲ့

hout kɛ̰ — 'Yes' or 'that is correct', polite affirmation.

သခင်ကြီး

θa̰ kʰɪ̀ɴ jí — 'Master' or 'lord', respectful title for a superior.

ဒီဘက်

di bɛʔ — 'This side' or 'this direction, over here'.

လာတာ

la da — 'Coming' or 'the act of coming here'.

မမြင်ဘူးလား

ma mjiɴ bu lá — 'Don't you see?' or 'haven't you seen?'

မစ်

mɪʔ — Short form of 'Miss', title for unmarried woman.

ဘာ

ba — 'What', interrogative pronoun asking about something.

ဆိုလိုတာလဲ

sò lo da lɛ́ — 'What do you mean?' asking for clarification.

ဖေဖေ

pʰe pʰe — 'Father' or 'daddy', affectionate term for father.

ဟာ

ha — Particle expressing emphasis or mild exclamation.

ဒီ

di — 'This' or 'these', demonstrative pronoun.

အချိန်

a̰ tɕʰɛɪɴ — 'Time' or 'moment', referring to a point in time.

မှာ

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

အိမ်

ɛɪɴ — 'Home' or 'house', a place of residence.

မရှိ

ma ɕì — 'Not present' or 'does not exist, absent'.

ဘူး

bú — Negative particle indicating something has not occurred.

တစ်ချက်

tɪʔ tɕɛʔ — 'Once' or 'one moment, for a brief instant'.

တော့

tɔ̰ — Particle indicating contrast, emphasis, or mild concession.

ထင်မိတာ

tʰɪɴ mḭ da — 'Thought' or 'happened to think, assumed mistakenly'.

က

ka̰ — Subject marker particle indicating the agent of action.

ပြောလိုက်

pjɔ́ laɪʔ — 'Said' or 'spoke up, uttered something suddenly'.

သည်

θì — Declarative sentence-final particle or subject marker.

သူမ

θu ma — 'She' or 'her', third-person feminine pronoun.

သံသယ

θaɴ θa̰ ja̰ — 'Suspicion' or 'doubt, uncertainty about something'.

ပြည့်ဝ

pjɪ̰ wà — 'Full' or 'complete, filled with, replete'.

သော

θɔ́ — Relative clause marker, equivalent to 'that' or 'which'.

အသံ

a̰ θaɴ — 'Sound' or 'voice, audio, a tone or noise'.

ဖြင့်

pʰjɪɴ̰ — 'With' or 'by means of', instrumental particle.

ခပ်နည်းနည်း

kʰaʔ nɛ́ nɛ́ — 'Somewhat' or 'a little bit, slightly reduced'.

နောက်

naʊʔ — 'Back' or 'behind, after, following in sequence'.

ဆုတ်

soʊʔ — 'Retreat' or 'step back, withdraw slightly'.

ကာ

ka — Continuative particle meaning 'while doing' something.

အမှန်တကယ်

a̰ hmàɴ ta̰ kɛ̀ — 'Truly' or 'really, genuinely, in actual fact'.

အိုင်းရစ်

aɪ́ rɪʔ — 'Irish', relating to Ireland or its people.

လူမျိုး

lu mjó — 'Ethnicity' or 'race, nationality, people group'.

ပုံစံ

pòɴ zaɴ — 'Style' or 'form, appearance, pattern, manner'.

ကိုယ်လတ်ဆတ်

ko̰ laʔ saʔ — 'Fresh-bodied' or describing a lively, vibrant physique.

ပုံပြောင်း

pòɴ pjáɪɴ — 'Transform' or 'change shape, alter appearance'.

ကျဉ်းသေး

tɕɪ́ɴ θé — 'Narrow and small' or 'slender, thin in build'.

အမျိုးသမီး

a̰ mjó θa̰ mí — 'Woman' or 'female, lady, feminine gender'.

ငယ်လေး

ŋɛ̀ lé — 'Young little one' or 'small and young, youthful'.

တစ်ဦး

tɪʔ ú — 'One person', counter for a single individual.

ဖြစ်သည်

pʰjɪʔ θì — 'Is' or 'to be, to exist as something'.

၏

ɛ̰ — Possessive or genitive particle meaning 'of' or 'belonging to'.

နှာခေါင်း

hna̰ kʰáɪɴ — 'Nose', the facial organ for breathing and smelling.

ကောင်းကင်ဘုံ

kʰáɪɴ kɪɴ bòɴ — 'Heaven' or 'paradise, the celestial realm above'.

ပမာ

pa̰ ma — 'Like' or 'similar to, resembling, as if'.

ကင်ပွန်းတင်

kɪɴ pwáɴ tɪɴ — 'Turned up' or 'upturned, tilted upward (nose)'.

နေပြီး

ne pjí — 'While being' or 'continuing to be in a state'.

ပါးစပ်

pá zaʔ — 'Mouth', the facial opening used for speaking and eating.

ကျယ်ဝန်း

tɕɛ̀ wáɴ — 'Wide' or 'broad, spacious, expansive in extent'.

မျက်လုံး

mjɛʔ lòɴ — 'Eye' or 'eyes', the organ of sight.

များ

mjá — 'Many' or plural marker, indicating more than one.

မှောင်မိုက်

hmáʊɴ maɪʔ — 'Dark' or 'gloomy, dim, shadowy in color or mood'.

ပြီး

pjí — 'After' or 'done, completed, finished doing something'.

ရွှင်လန်းမှု

ɕwɪɴ láɴ mhu — 'Cheerfulness' or 'joyfulness, the state of being happy'.

တောက်ပ

taʊʔ pa̰ — 'Bright' or 'shining, radiant, glowing with light'.

နေသည်

ne θì — 'Is staying' or 'is in a state of being'.

တိုတောင်း

to táɪɴ — 'Short' or 'brief, not long in length or height'.

ကြမ်းတမ်း

tɕʰáɴ táɴ — 'Rough' or 'coarse, harsh, rugged in texture or manner'.

ကြောင်းပွင့်

tɕʰáɪɴ pwɪɴ — 'Striped' or 'having stripe pattern, lines visible'.

ဝတ်ဆင်

wuʔ sɪɴ — 'To wear' or 'to dress in clothing or attire'.

၎င်း

loun̥ myin — 'The aforementioned' or 'it, that same thing/person'.

ပေါ်

pɔ́ — 'On top of' or 'above, upon a surface'.

တွင်

twɪɴ — Locative particle meaning 'in', 'at', or 'within'.

ဟု

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

ခေါ်သော

kʰɔ́ θɔ́ — 'Called' or 'known as, referred to by name'.

အဝတ်

a̰ wuʔ — 'Clothing' or 'garment, fabric worn on the body'.

တစ်ပိုင်း

tɪʔ páɪɴ — 'One part' or 'one section, a portion of something'.

ဆင်ထား

sɪɴ tʰá — 'Adorned' or 'decorated, having put on as ornament'.

ဝါရောင်

wà jaʊɴ — 'Yellow color' or 'golden hue, shade of yellow'.

နှင့်

hnɪɴ̰ — 'And' or 'with', conjunction linking nouns or phrases.

နီရောင်

ni jaʊɴ — 'Red color' or 'the color red, crimson shade'.

ကြိုး

tɕʰó — 'Ribbon' or 'rope, string, cord, a band'.

ကြောင်း

tɕʰáɪɴ — 'Stripe' or sentence-final nominalizer meaning 'that'.

ပါသော

pa θɔ́ — 'That includes' or 'having, accompanied by something'.

ပိတ်

peɪʔ — 'Cloth' or 'woven fabric, textile material'.

ပြုလုပ်

pju loʊʔ — 'To make' or 'to do, create, produce something'.

ထားပြီး

tʰá pjí — 'Having placed' or 'already done and left in place'.

ခါး

kʰá — 'Waist' or 'the midsection of the human body'.

တူညီ

tu ɲì — 'Identical' or 'same, matching, alike in appearance'.

ပိတ်ပြား

peɪʔ pjá — 'Flat cloth panel' or 'flat piece of fabric or board'.

ကျယ်

tɕɛ̀ — 'Wide' or 'broad, large in expanse or volume'.

ချည်နှောင်

tɕì hnaʊɴ — 'To tie' or 'to bind, fasten with string or cord'.

ထားသည်

tʰá θì — 'Has placed' or 'has put, kept in a position'.

ဆံပင်

zaɴ bɪɴ — 'Hair' or 'head hair, strands growing from scalp'.

မွဲနေ

mwɛ̀ ne — 'Sparse' or 'thin, scanty, having little hair left'.

လုနီးပါး

lu ni bá — 'Almost' or 'nearly, close to a complete state'.

ဖြစ်ပြီး

pʰjɪʔ pjí — 'Having become' or 'being the case and then continuing'.

ရယ်မောစရာ

jɛ̀ mɔ́ sa̰ ja — 'Laughable' or 'amusing, something worth laughing at'.

ကောင်းသော

kʰáɪɴ θɔ́ — 'Good' or 'fine, pleasant, of positive quality'.

မျက်နှာ

mjɛʔ hna̰ — 'Face' or 'the front of the head, facial features'.

အကြောင်းကြောင်း

a̰ tɕʰáɪɴ tɕʰáɪɴ — 'For some reason' or 'due to various circumstances'.

အတွက်

a̰ twɛʔ — 'For' or 'for the sake of, on behalf of'.

ကွန်ရက်

kʊɴ jɛʔ — 'Net' or 'network, a mesh-like structure or system'.

ကောင်း

kʰáɪɴ — 'Good' or 'well, fine, pleasant, of high quality'.

တစ်ခု

tɪʔ kʰu — 'One thing' or 'a single item or object'.

ဖုံးလွှမ်း

pʰóɴ lʰwáɴ — 'Cover' or 'to envelop, obscure, hide under something'.

မိမိ

mḭ mḭ — 'Oneself' or 'self, reflexive pronoun referring to subject'.

မျှောလင့်

mjɔ̀ lɪɴ̰ — 'Hope' or 'to expect, anticipate with desire'.

ဆက်ဆံ

sɛʔ saɴ — 'To relate to' or 'to deal with, interact, treat someone'.

နေသော

ne θɔ́ — 'Who is living' or 'that is in a continuing state'.

လူငယ်

lu ŋɛ̀ — 'Young person' or 'youth, young individual, teenager'.

မိန်းကလေး

meɪɴ ga̰ lé — 'Girl' or 'young female child or teenager'.

ကို

ko — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.

တည့်တည့်

tɛ̰ tɛ̰ — 'Directly' or 'straight, right at, squarely facing'.

ကြည့်

tɕʰɪ̰ — 'To look' or 'to watch, observe, gaze at something'.

ရင်း

jɪɴ — 'While' or 'as, in the process of doing something'.

နှင်းသဖွယ်

hnɪɴ θa̰ bwɛ̀ — 'Like snow' or 'resembling frost, white and pure'.

ဖြူသော

pʰju θɔ́ — 'White' or 'pale, fair, bright white in color'.

သွားများ

θwá mjá — 'Teeth', the hard structures in the mouth for chewing.

တောက်ပြောင်

taʊʔ pjáʊɴ — 'Gleaming' or 'sparkling, brilliantly shiny, lustrous'.

မှု

hmu — Nominalizing suffix turning verbs into abstract nouns.

ယခု

ja̰ kʰu — 'Now' or 'at this time, currently, at present'.

ပြသ

pja̰ θa̰ — 'To show' or 'to display, reveal, demonstrate something'.

လိုက်သည်

laɪʔ θì — 'Did (something) following' or 'went along, followed action'.

အမယ်

a̰ mɛ̀ — 'Oh my!' exclamation expressing surprise or dismay.

ပြောသည်

pjɔ́ θì — 'Says' or 'speaks, tells, utters verbally'.

သင်တို့

θɪɴ to̰ — 'You all' or 'you (plural), second-person plural pronoun'.

ကျမ

tɕa̰ ma̰ — 'I' or 'me', first-person pronoun used by females.

သနားပါတယ်

θa̰ ná pa dɛ̀ — 'I feel sorry' or 'I pity, have compassion for you'.

တစ်ခွန်း

tɪʔ kʰʊɴ — 'One word' or 'one sentence, a single utterance'.

မျှ

hmja̰ — 'Even' or 'only, merely, just, as much as'.

မပြော

ma pjɔ́ — 'Did not say' or 'not speaking, without saying'.

မီ

mí — 'Before' or 'prior to, ahead of a time or event'.

ဖျေ

pʰjè — 'Abruptly' or 'suddenly, used as sound-symbolic word'.

လှည့်

lɛ̰ — 'To turn' or 'to rotate, spin around in direction'.

ထွက်သွား

tʰwɛʔ θwá — 'To go out' or 'to leave, exit and go away'.

လိုက်ပြီ

laɪʔ pji — 'Has gone ahead' or 'already followed, departed'.

ပြန်လာ

pjaɴ la — 'To come back' or 'to return, come again'.

မာနတင်း

ma na tɪɴ — 'Proud' or 'arrogant, having inflated self-regard'.

ခဏနေ

kʰa̰ na̰ ne — 'Wait a moment' or 'just a second, briefly wait'.

ချစ်သူ

tɕʰɪʔ θu — 'Beloved' or 'loved one, sweetheart, dear person'.

ခေါ်တာ

kʰɔ́ da — 'Calling' or 'the act of calling someone by name'.

ကလေးများ

ka̰ lé mjá — 'Children' or 'kids, young ones, plural of child'.

သံပဲ

θaɴ bɛ́ — 'Only a sound' or 'nothing but voice or noise'.

လာပြီ

la pji — 'Has come' or 'has arrived, already came here'.

မိုက်

maɪʔ — 'Foolish' or 'stupid, silly, dull-minded person'.

ကနည်း

ka̰ nɛ́ — 'How about?' or 'what about (subject), is it okay?'

ထို

tʰo — 'That' or 'those', demonstrative pronoun for distant things.

ပုတောင့်တောင်း

pu taʊɴ táʊɴ — 'Stocky' or 'short and fat, stout in build'.

ကိုယ်ထည်

ko̰ tʰɛ̀ — 'Body' or 'physique, bodily frame, physical form'.

လေး

lé — 'Little' or diminutive particle implying small or endearing.

ဆီ

sì — 'Toward' or directional particle meaning 'to, towards'.

သို့

θo̰ — 'To' or 'toward', directional particle indicating destination.

ဦးတည်

ú tɛ̀ — 'To head toward' or 'to aim, direct oneself somewhere'.