Little Women — Page 7

Vocabulary

သူ့

thu. — His, her (possessive pronoun, third person)

အဖေ

a-phay — Father, dad

က

ka — Subject marker particle in Burmese grammar

ကို

ko — Object marker particle; to, toward

ငယ်

ngè — Young, small, junior

လေး

lé — Four; also an endearment particle

မစ်

mit — Miss (honorific title for unmarried woman)

ငြိမ်

nyein — Calm, quiet, still, peaceful

သက်

thet — Life, age, breath; to affect

ခြင်း

jín — Nominalizing suffix indicating action or state

လို့

lo. — Because, so, that (conjunction/particle)

ခေါ်ဝေါ်

khaw-waw — To call, name, or address someone

လေ့

lèh — Habit, tendency; to practice or be accustomed

ရှိ

shi — To have, exist, be present

ပြီး

pyi — After, finished, already done

ထို

hto — That, those (demonstrative pronoun/adjective)

အမည်

a-myì — Name, designation of a person or thing

သည်

thì — Topic marker particle; is, are (formal)

သူ

thu — He, she, they (third person pronoun)

နှင့်

hnín — And, with, together with

အလွန်

a-lwùn — Very, extremely, exceedingly

ပင်

pìn — Even, indeed, precisely (emphatic particle)

လျော်

lyaw — Appropriate, suitable, fitting, proper

ညီ

nyi — Equal, younger sibling, appropriate

မှန်

hmàn — Correct, true, accurate, right

ကန်

kan — Lake, pond; to kick

ခဲ့

khè — Past tense marker; to have done something

အဘယ်

a-bèh — What, why, which (formal interrogative)

ကြောင့်

kyaùng — Because of, due to, owing to

ဆို

hsò — To say, state, mean, be called

သော်

thaw — Although, but, however (formal conjunction)

မိမိ

mi-mi — Oneself, one's own (reflexive pronoun)

၏

ì — Formal possessive particle (of, 's)

ပျော်

pyaw — Happy, joyful, glad, delighted

ရွှင်

shwìn — Cheerful, bright, joyful, merry

သော

thaw — Relative clause marker (formal written particle)

ကိုယ်

ko — Body; self, oneself (first person informal)

ပိုင်

pàin — To own, possess; belonging to someone

လောက

lawka — World, universe, society, realm

တစ်

tit — One, a, an (number and article)

ခု

khu — Classifier for objects; now, at present

တွင်

twìn — In, inside, at, within (locative particle)

နေ

nay — To live, stay, reside; sun

ထိုင်

htàin — To sit, be seated

ကဲ့

kèh — Like, similar to (comparative particle)

သို့

thò — To, toward, in the direction of

ထင်

htìn — To think, believe, seem, appear

ရ

ya — To get, obtain, receive; can, able

ယုံ

yòn — To believe, trust, have faith in

ကြည်

kyì — To look, gaze; clear, bright (water/sky)

ချစ်

chit — To love, like, be fond of

ခင်

khìn — To be close, friendly, fond of someone

သည့်

thìh — Relative clause particle (modifying noun)

လူ

lu — Person, human being, people

နည်း

né — Method, way; few, little in amount

သာ

tha — Only, just, merely (limiting particle)

တွေ့

twèh — To meet, encounter, find, come across

ဆုံ

hsòn — To meet, converge, come together

ရန်

yan — In order to, for the purpose of; enemy

အပြင်

a-pyìn — Outside, exterior; in addition to

ထွက်

htwet — To go out, exit, come out, leave

အငယ်

a-ngè — The youngest one, junior member

ဆုံး

hsòun — End, finish; most, superlative marker

ဖြစ်

phyit — To be, become, happen, occur

လည်း

lé — Also, too, as well, either

အနည်း

a-né — A few, a little, small amount

တိုင်

tàin — Until, up to; pillar, post; to complain

အမြင်

a-myìn — View, opinion, perspective, sight

မူ

mu — As for, regarding (topic contrast particle)

အရေး

a-yay — Importance, matter, concern, issue

ကြီး

ji — Big, large, great, important

ဦး

ù — Head; honorific for men; first

နှင်း

hnín — Frost, dew; a common female name

ဖြူ

phyu — White, pale, fair (color)

မိန်း

mein — Woman, female (used in compounds)

ကလေး

ka-lay — Child, kid, baby, little one

စစ်

sit — War, military; real, genuine, true

အပြာ

a-pya — Blue color

ရောင်

yaùng — Color, hue; to sell (alternate meaning)

မျက်

myet — Eye (used in compounds like face/eye)

လုံး

lòun — Whole, entire; round; classifier for round objects

များ

myà — Many, plural marker, more

ပုခုံး

pu-khòun — Shoulder (body part)

ပေါ်

paw — On top of, above, surface; to appear

လိမ်

lein — To lie, deceive; to twist, curl

ကောက်

kaùt — Bent, curved; to pick up, harvest

အဝါ

a-wa — Yellow color

ဆံ

hsàn — Hair (of head)

ကာ

ka — Protecting; while, during (verbal particle)

နှာ

hna — Nose; cold (illness)

ဖပ်

phàt — Flat, flattened; to press flat

ပိန်

pain — Thin, slim, lean, skinny

ချပ်

chat — Flat and thin; a thin slice

အမြဲ

a-myè — Always, constantly, forever, perpetually

တမ်း

tàn — Longing, yearning; intensifier with always

အကျင့်

a-kyin — Habit, behavior, conduct, practice

သိက္ခာ

theit-kha — Dignity, honor, reputation, moral standing

သတိ

tha-di — Mindfulness, attention, awareness, caution

ကျောင်း

kyàun — School, monastery, educational institution

မတ်

mat — Upright, erect, straight; March (month)

တပ်

tat — Army, military unit; to attach, install

ရပ်

yat — To stop, stand still, halt

ဆောင်

hsàun — To carry, bear, hold; to conduct

တတ်

tat — Can, able to; habitually does something

ညီမ

nyi-ma — Younger sister

စရိုက်

sa-yaìt — Character, nature, personality, disposition

သဘော

tha-baw — Nature, meaning, idea, disposition, attitude

ဖတ်

phat — To read (a text or document)

ရှု

shu — To look at, view, observe, watch

ရှာ

sha — To search, look for, seek

ဖွေ

phwè — To search, explore, look through

နိုင်

nàin — To be able to, can, win, overcome

ချန်

chàn — To leave behind, set aside, omit

ထား

htà — To place, put, keep, leave in place

လိုက်

laìt — To follow, accompany; directional verb particle

ပါ

pa — Polite particle; to come/go along with

မည်

mì — Will, shall (future tense marker, formal)

နာရီ

Hour; clock, watch (timepiece)

ချောက်

chaùt — Ravine, gorge; to scare, frighten

ချက်

chet — Immediately, at once; a stroke, blow

တီး

tí — To play a musical instrument; to tap

အခါ

a-kha — Time, occasion, moment, when

မီး

mí — Fire, flame; light, electricity

ဖို

pho — Male (animal); stove, furnace

နား

ná — Ear; to rest, take a break

လှည်း

hlé — Cart, carriage, wagon

နောက်

naùt — Back, behind, after, next, later

ဘက်

bet — Side, direction, toward (a party or side)

ဖိနပ်

phe-nat — Shoes, footwear, sandals

စုံ

hsòn — Complete, full set, both, all types

နွေး

nwè — Warm, cozy, not cold

ထွေး

twè — To embrace, hug, cuddle warmly

စေ

say — To cause, make, send, let (causative)

ချ

cha — To put down, lower, descend

ဖြင့်

phyìn — With, by means of, using (instrumental)

ဟောင်း

hàun — Old, worn out, used, aged

နွမ်း

nwàn — Worn out, exhausted, faded, wilted

မြင်

myìn — To see, perceive, observe visually

အပေါ်

a-paw — On top of, above, upward, regarding

ကောင်း

kàun — Good, nice, fine, excellent

ရောက်

yaùt — To arrive, reach, get to a place

မှု

hmu — Matter, affair, case (nominalizing suffix)

မေမေ

may-may — Mother, mom (informal, affectionate)

လာ

la — To come; directional verb particle (toward speaker)

ပြီ

pyi — Already, done, completion marker

၍

yway — And so, therefore (formal connective particle)

တိုင်း

tàin — Every, all, each time; region, country

ကြို

kyo — To welcome, receive; to anticipate

ပွင့်

pwìn — To bloom, open, blossom (flower)

လန်း

làn — Fresh, vibrant, lively, invigorated

သွား

thwà — To go; tooth (dental context)

ကြ

kya — Plural action marker; to do together

မေ့

mèh — To forget, be forgetful about something

ဆူ

hsu — Noisy, loud; to boil, be agitated

ပူ

pu — Hot, warm; to worry, be anxious

ဆွေး

hswe — To discuss, deliberate, converse about

တန့်

tàn — To stop, pause, halt, hold back

ခွက်

khwet — Cup, bowl, small container

ညှိ

hnyì — To adjust, tune, negotiate, harmonize

မ

ma — Negative marker; woman (prefix)

ပြော

pyaw — To speak, say, tell, talk

ဘဲ

bèh — Without doing; duck (the bird)

လွယ်

lwèh — Easy, simple, light (not heavy)

ကုလား

ka-la — South Asian person; a type of chair

မှ

hma — From, since, only then (particle)

ထ

hta — To rise, stand up, get up

တောက်

taùt — To shine, glitter, blaze; brilliant

ပို

po — More, additional, even more so

နီး

ní — Near, close, nearby, proximity

ကိုင်

kàin — To hold, grasp, handle something

တွယ်

twèh — To cling, attach, hold on to

ရင်း

yìn — While doing; from, original source

မျှ

hmya — Only, just, as much as, equally

ပန်း

pàn — Flower, blossom; to tire, be weary

ကြောင်း

kyàun — Because, that (subordinating clause marker)

လေ

lè — Emphatic/explanatory sentence-final particle

ဒါ

da — This, that, it (demonstrative pronoun, informal)

တွေ

twè — Plural marker for nouns (informal)

တော်

taw — Skilled, good at; royal, noble; forest

မာမီ

ma-mi — Mommy (informal affectionate term for mother)

သစ်

thit — New, fresh; wood, timber, tree

ဝယ်

wèh — To buy, purchase something

မှာ

hma — At, in, on; to order (food); locative

ပဲ

bèh — Just, only, even (emphatic particle)

ကျမ

kya-ma — I, me (first person, used by women)

ဒေါ်လာ

daw-la — Dollar (US currency unit)

ငွေ

ngwè — Money, silver, currency

နဲ့

nèh — With, and, together with (informal)

ပေး

pay — To give, provide, offer something

မယ်

mèh — Will, going to (future tense, informal)

တွေး

twè — To think, ponder, reflect, consider

တယ်

tèh — Affirmative sentence-final particle (informal)

ဟုတ်

hòt — Yes, correct, right, that's true

ဘူး

bú — Negative past/experience marker; container, jar

အော်

aw — To shout, yell, cry out loudly

ဟစ်

hit — To cry out, scream, shout aloud

အကြီး

a-ji — The big one; eldest; greatly, loudly

စ

sa — To begin, start; first (initial)

တည်

tì — To be stable, established, firm, steady

စွာ

hswa — Adverb-forming suffix meaning in a manner

ဝင်

wìn — To enter, go in, come inside

ဖေ

phay — Father (informal, short form)

တဲ့

tèh — Relative clause marker (informal spoken)

အချိန်

a-chein — Time, period, moment, schedule

မိ

mi — To catch, manage to do accidentally

သားစု

tha-zu — Family, household members, kin group

ရဲ့

yèh — Possessive/topic particle (informal spoken)

ယောက်

yaùt — Male person classifier (as in husband)

ျားပဲ

ja-bèh — That's all, just that (emphatic colloquial)

ခါ

kha — Time, occasion, instance, when (informal)

မေမေ့

may-may-h — Mother's (possessive form of mother)

အထူး

a-htu — Special, particular, especially, extraordinary

ဂရု

ga-yu — Care, attention, mindfulness, caution

စိုက်

saìt — To plant, grow; to pay attention to

ဖို့

pho — For, in order to, for the sake of

ကျမ့်

kya-mèh — My (possessive, used by female speaker)