Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone — Page 6

Vocabulary

ဘုရင်

bù.jin — King; male monarch ruling a kingdom

သည်

θì — Topic marker particle; also 'this' (demonstrative)

မြေကြီး

mjè.dʑí — Earth; ground; soil; the land surface

ကို

ko — Object marker particle; to; toward

ညစ်ညမ်း

ɲɪʔ.ɲã̀ — Dirty; filthy; morally corrupt or impure

စေသော

sè.θɔ̀ — Causing; making (something happen); causative modifier

ဆိုးညစ်

sʰó.ɲɪʔ — Wicked; evil; morally bad and corrupt

သော

θɔ̀ — Relative clause marker; that; which; who

အရာ

ʔa.jà — Thing; matter; object; subject; affair

တင်းကြပ်

tɪ́.dʑaʔ — Strict; tight; rigid; severely enforced

စွာ

swà — Adverbial suffix meaning 'in a manner of'

ဖယ်ရှား

pʰɛ̀.ʃá — Remove; eliminate; get rid of something

ရန်

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

နှင့်

n̥ɪ̰ — And; with; together with (conjunction/particle)

နာတာရှည်

nà.tà.ʃɛ̀ — Chronic; long-lasting (illness or condition)

ဒဏ်ရာ

dàɴ.jà — Wound; injury; physical harm to the body

နောက်ထပ်

nɔʔ.tʰaʔ — Another; additional; furthermore; next one

ထား

tʰá — Keep; place; put aside; retain (verb)

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့

tɕənɔʔ.tó — We; our (formal first-person plural pronoun)

အား

á — To; for; object/dative marker particle

မိန့်ဆို

mɛ̰ɴ.sʰo — To declare; to proclaim; to formally state

သူ

θù — He; she; that person (third-person pronoun)

ဆိုသည့်

sʰo.θɪ̰ — Which is called; known as; so-called

အပြစ်ဖြေ

ʔa.pjɪʔ.pʰjè — Atone for sin; seek forgiveness; expiate wrongdoing

နည်း

nɛ́ — Method; way; means; how to do something

ကား

ká — Car; vehicle; also a topic-emphasis particle

အဘယ်

ʔa.bɛ̀ — What; which (formal interrogative or relative)

မှားယွင်း

m̥á.jwɪ́ɴ — Wrong; erroneous; mistaken; incorrect action

နေ

nè — Live; stay; sun; progressive aspect particle

သနည်း

θə.nɛ́ — Question particle used in formal/literary Burmese

နယ်နှင်

nɛ̀.n̥ɪ̀ɴ — Exile; banish someone from the country

ဒဏ်

dàɴ — Punishment; penalty; fine; sentence imposed

သို့မဟုတ်

θo.mə.hoʊʔ — Or; otherwise; alternatively (conjunction)

အသွေး

ʔa.θwé — Blood; bloodline; lineage; blood relation

ဖြင့်

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

စီရင်

sì.jɪ̀ɴ — Judge; rule; adjudicate; pass a verdict

ခြင်း

tɕʰɪ́ɴ — Nominalization suffix; act of; the fact of

တည်း

tɛ́ — Only; solely; emphatic limiting particle

သွေးကွက်

θwé.kwɛʔ — Bloodstain; spot or mark of blood

ဒဏ်ချက်

dàɴ.tɕʰɛʔ — Sentence; punishment decree; penal judgment

ဤသည်

ʔì.θì — This (formal demonstrative pronoun in literary Burmese)

က

ka̰ — Subject marker particle; from; by

နိုင်ငံ

nɛ̀ɴ.ŋàɴ — Country; nation; state; sovereign territory

ပျက်စီး

pjɛʔ.sí — Destroy; ruin; damage; be corrupted or broken

စေ

sè — Cause to; make (causative particle/verb)

ဆိုင်ရာ

sʰɛ̀ɴ.jà — Related to; pertaining to; concerning a matter

မည်သူ

mɪ̀.θù — Who (future or formal interrogative pronoun)

ရည်ညွှန်း

jɪ̀.ɲʊ̀ɴ — Refer to; point to; indicate; allude to

ထိုသို့

tʰo.θo — In that way; thus; like that; accordingly

ကြော်ငြာ

tɕɔ́.ɲà — Announce; advertise; proclaim publicly

ထားသော

tʰá.θɔ̀ — That which is kept/placed; stored; retained

ဆိုးသွမ်း

sʰó.θwáɴ — Wicked; villainous; vile; extremely bad person

အဘယ်သူ

ʔa.bɛ̀.θù — Who; which person (formal interrogative pronoun)

သင်

θɪ̀ɴ — You (second-person pronoun); also 'to learn'

နိုင်ငံတော်

nɛ̀ɴ.ŋàɴ.dɔ̀ — The state; the nation; the kingdom (formal)

၏

ʔɛ̰ — Possessive/genitive particle; of; belonging to

သဘောင်

θə.bɔ̀ɴ — Framework; boundary; limit; established custom

မီ

mì — Before; prior to; in time (postposition)

ဤ

ʔì — This (formal demonstrative adjective in literary usage)

မြေ

mjè — Land; earth; ground; territory; soil

အချုပ်အခြာ

ʔa.tɕoʊʔ.ʔa.tɕʰà — Sovereignty; supreme authority; full jurisdiction

အာဏာပိုင်

ʔà.nà.pɔ̀ɴ — Authority; one who holds power; ruler

ဖြစ်

pʰjɪʔ — Be; become; happen; occur; exist as

ကျွန်ုပ်

tɕənɔʔ — I; me (formal first-person singular pronoun)

ကြား

tɕá — Between; among; hear; in the middle of

ဖူး

pʰú — Have ever (experiential particle); blossom; bud

သို့သော်

θo.θɔ̀ — However; nevertheless; but; yet (conjunction)

ထိုသူ

tʰo.θù — That person; he/she (referring to someone mentioned)

တစ်ခါ

tɪʔ.kʰà — Once; one time; on one occasion

မျှ

mjà — Only; just; as much as; equal to

မတွေ့

mə.twé — Not meet; not find; not encounter someone

ပေ

pè — Emphatic sentence-final particle; foot (measure)

ကျဆုံး

tɕa̰.sʰóɴ — Fall; perish; collapse; die (of rulers/kingdoms)

ခဲ့

kʰɛ̰ — Past tense marker; went away; did previously

ယခု

jə.kʰù — Now; at present; currently; at this moment

နတ်ဘုရား

naʔ.bù.já — God; deity; spirit; divine being

အမိန့်

ʔa.mɛ̰ɴ — Order; command; decree; official directive

မှာ

m̥à — At; in; on; locative particle; to tell

ရှင်းလင်း

ʃɪ́ɴ.lɪ́ɴ — Clear; explain; clarify; make something understood

သူ့

θṵ — His; her; belonging to that person (possessive)

သတ်ဖြတ်

θaʔ.pʰjaʔ — Kill; murder; execute; slay a person

သူများ

θù.mjá — People; others; other persons; they (informal)

ပင်

pɪ̀ɴ — Indeed; even; also; emphatic particle; tree

ဖြစ်စေ

pʰjɪʔ.sè — Whether; cause to be; make it so; let it be

အပြစ်

ʔa.pjɪʔ — Sin; fault; crime; guilt; wrongdoing

ပေး

pé — Give; provide; offer; grant to someone

ရ

ja̰ — Get; obtain; receive; can; be able to

မည်

mɪ̀ — Future tense marker; will; shall (particle)

သူတို့

θù.dó — They; them; those people (third-person plural)

ဘယ်မှာ

bɛ̀.m̥à — Where; at what place; in which location

ရှိ

ʃḭ — Exist; have; be present; there is/are

ကြ

tɕa̰ — Plural marker for verbs; do together; among

ကျယ်ပြန့်

tɕɛ̀.pjàɴ — Widespread; broad; extensive; far-reaching; wide

လောက

lɔ̀.ka̰ — World; realm; the universe; society at large

၌

naɪʔ — In; at; within (formal locative particle)

လွန်

lwàɴ — Past; exceed; over; beyond; surpass a limit

ခဲ့သော

kʰɛ̰.θɔ̀ — That which happened/occurred in the past

အပြစ်မှု

ʔa.pjɪʔ.m̥ù — Crime; offense; criminal act; wrongful deed

ဝေးကွာ

wé.kwà — Far away; distant; remote; separated by distance

၍

jwè — Therefore; so; and then; because (conjunction)

မှိန်ဆိတ်

m̥ɛ̀ɴ.sʰɛʔ — Dim; faint; quiet; subdued; losing brightness

နေသော

nè.θɔ̀ — That which is staying/living/continuing; ongoing

ရာခြေ

jà.tɕʰè — Trace; clue; track; footprint; sign of path

များ

mjá — Many; plural marker; much; a lot of

မည်ကဲ့သို့

mɪ̀.kɛ̰.θo — How; in what manner; in what way (interrogative)

ရှာဖွေ

ʃà.pwè — Search; investigate; look for; seek out

ပေါ်

pɔ̀ — On top of; upon; appear; emerge; surface

တွင်

twɪ̀ɴ — In; at; within; inside (locative particle)

ဟု

hu̯ — Quotative particle; saying that; according to

မိန့်

mɛ̰ɴ — Speak; declare; say (formal/royal register)

ရှာ

ʃà — Search; look for; find; seek something

တွေ့

twé — Meet; find; encounter; come across someone

လိမ့်

lɛ̰ — Will probably; likely to (inferential future particle)

လက်ချောင်း

lɛʔ.tɕʰɔ́ɴ — Finger; digits of the hand

ချိုးနှောင်

tɕʰó.n̥ɔ̀ɴ — Bind; tie up; restrain; fetter someone

ကာ

kà — While; as; protect; also verbal connective particle

ထိုင်

tʰɛ̀ɴ — Sit; be seated; take a seat

အိပ်ပျော်

ʔeʔ.pjɔ̀ — Fall asleep; be deeply asleep; sleep soundly

မျက်မမြင်

mjɛʔ.mə.mjɪ̀ɴ — Blind; unable to see; lacking vision

ကံကြမ္မာ

kaɴ.tɕəmà — Fate; destiny; karma; fortune; lot in life

ကြုံ

tɕʰóɴ — Encounter; face; experience; meet with (situation)

အခါ

ʔa.kʰà — Time; occasion; when; at the time of

နန်းတော်

náɴ.dɔ̀ — Palace; royal residence; the royal court

လယ်ပြင်

lɛ̀.pjɪ̀ɴ — Open field; plain; agricultural flatland area

ခရီးသွား

kʰə.ji.θwá — Travel; go on a journey; be a traveler

ပြင်ပ

pjɪ̀ɴ.ba̰ — Outside; exterior; beyond; external area

သို့

θo — To; toward; in the direction of (directional)

ထွက်ခွာ

tʰwɛʔ.kʰwà — Depart; leave; go away from; set out

သွား

θwá — Go; travel; tooth (noun); go away

ကြောင်း

tɕɔ́ɴ — That; because; reason; reported speech marker

ပြော

pjɔ̀ — Say; speak; tell; talk; communicate verbally

ထို

tʰo — That; those (demonstrative adjective, formal)

နေရာ

nè.jà — Place; location; spot; position; area

မှ

m̥a̰ — From; since; out of (ablative particle)

ပြန်

pjàɴ — Return; go back; again; translate (verb)

မလာ

mə.là — Not come; did not arrive; fail to come

နိုင်

nɛ̀ɴ — Can; be able to; win; be capable of

မည့်

mɪ̰ — Future attributive marker; that will; about to

အချို့

ʔa.tɕʰó — Some; certain; a few; part of a group

အချက်အလက်

ʔa.tɕʰɛʔ.ʔa.lɛʔ — Information; data; facts; details; particulars

သတင်း

θə.tɪ́ɴ — News; information; report; message; tidings

တစ်ခု

tɪʔ.kʰù — One thing; a single item; one (classifier)

ခရီးဖော်

kʰə.ji.pʰɔ̀ — Travel companion; fellow traveler; journey partner

တစ်ဦး

tɪʔ.ʔú — One person; a single individual (person classifier)

မရောက်

mə.jɔʔ — Not arrive; not reach a destination

သလော

θə.lɔ̀ — Question particle implying doubt or wonder

ထွက်ပြေး

tʰwɛʔ.pjé — Run away; flee; escape; take flight from

အသက်

ʔa.θɛʔ — Life; age; breath; one's lifespan

ကာကွယ်

kà.kwɛ̀ — Protect; defend; guard; shield from harm

ရင်း

jɪ́ɴ — While doing; source; origin; close (friend)

တွေ့မြင်

twé.mjɪ̀ɴ — See; witness; observe; catch sight of

သမျှ

θə.mjà — All; every; whatever; as much as there is

သော်လည်း

θɔ̀.lɛ́ — Although; even though; however; but (concessive)

သာ

θà — Only; just; merely; also comfort/pleasantness

သေချာ

θè.tɕà — Certain; sure; definite; make sure; confirm

ပြောဆို

pjɔ̀.sʰo — Say; speak; converse; express in words

မျှော်လင့်ချက်

mjɔ́.lɪ̰.tɕʰɛʔ — Hope; expectation; something looked forward to

မီးပွား

mí.pwá — Spark; ember; small piece of burning fire

လေး

lé — Four; heavy; a little; dear (endearing suffix)

ရှာဖွေမှု

ʃà.pwè.m̥ù — Search; investigation; the act of seeking

လမ်းညွှန်

láɴ.ɲʊ̀ɴ — Guide; direction; instruction; lead the way

အဝေး

ʔa.wé — Far away; distance; a faraway place

ခေါ်ဆောင်

kʰɔ́.sʰɔ̀ɴ — Lead; bring; escort; take along with oneself

ဓားပြ

dá.pja̰ — Robber; bandit; highwayman; armed thief

မဟုတ်

mə.hoʊʔ — Not; is not; negative copula; that's not so