The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 4

Vocabulary

သည်

thì — Grammatical subject marker or present tense particle

ညစာ

nya za — Evening meal; dinner

စား

sá — To eat food

နေ

nay — To live, stay, or reside; sun

စဉ်

zin — During; while; continuously in sequence

အခွင့်အရေး

a hkwin a yay — Right, opportunity, or privilege

ရ

ya — To get, obtain, or receive something

သည့်

thì — Relative clause marker modifying a noun

အခါ

a kha — Time, occasion, or when something happens

တိုင်း

tine — Every; each time; throughout a region

သကြား

tha kjá — Sugar; sweet crystalline food substance

ခိုး

khó — To steal; to take secretly without permission

ယူ

yú — To take or carry something away

သူ့

thu — His; belonging to him (possessive pronoun)

အား

á — Object marker; strength; to have free time

လှည့်ဖြား

hleh phyá — To deceive, trick, or mislead someone

မှု

hmu — Nominalizing suffix; matter, affair, or case

ပြည့်ဝ

pyih wa — Full, complete, or abundantly satisfied

သော

thaw — Relative clause particle; that which is

အလွန်

a lwun — Very, extremely, or excessively so

နက်နဲ

nɛʔ nɛ — Deep, profound, or complex in meaning

မေးခွန်း

may khwun — Question or inquiry posed to someone

များ

myá — Many, plural marker, or a lot of

မေး

may — To ask a question or inquire

လေ

lay — Sentence-final particle expressing mild assertion

အကြောင်း

a kjáun — Reason, cause, or subject matter about something

မှာ

hma — At, in, or locative marker; also to order

ကို

go — Direct object marker in Burmese grammar

ဆိုးရွား

só ywá — Bad, terrible, or seriously problematic situation

ထုတ်ဖော်

htoʔ phaw — To reveal, expose, or disclose information

သို့

thó — To, toward; directional particle in Burmese

ချောင်ပိတ်

chawn peiʔ — To trap, corner, or block someone in

မိ

mi — To catch, get caught, or accidentally do

စေ

say — To cause or make someone do something

ချင်

chin — To want or desire to do something

ကြောင့်

kjáun — Because of; due to; for that reason

ဖြစ်

phyiʔ — To be, become, or happen; exist

နှလုံးသား

hnalún thá — Heart; innermost feelings or conscience

ရိုးသား

yó thá — Honest, sincere, or straightforward in character

လူ

lu — Person, human being, or people

အများ

a myá — Many, the majority, or most people

ကဲ့သို့

kɛ thó — Like, similar to, or just as something

ပင်

pin — Even, indeed; emphasizing particle; also tree

မိမိ

mi mi — Oneself; reflexive pronoun indicating self-reference

မှောင်မိုက်

hmawn maiʔ — Darkness; ignorance; morally corrupt or obscure

ပြီး

pyí — After finishing; already done; completion marker

သံတမန်ရေးရာ

thun daman yay ya — Diplomatic affairs or matters of diplomacy

အရည်အချင်း

a yè a chin — Qualification, ability, or competence of a person

ဖြင့်

phyin — With, by means of; instrumental particle

ဖြည့်ဆည်း

phyih zin — To fulfill, supplement, or fill a need

ရှိ

shi — To have, exist, or be present

ဟု

hu — Quotative particle meaning 'saying that'

ယုံကြည်

youn kji — To believe, trust, or have faith in

ခြင်း

chin — Nominalizing suffix turning verbs into abstract nouns

သူမ

thu ma — She, her; third-person feminine pronoun

၏

ei — Possessive or genitive marker in formal Burmese

နှစ်သက်ရာ

hnit theʔ ya — One's preference or what one likes most

မာန

ma na — Pride, arrogance, or ego; haughty attitude

မြောက်

myauʔ — North; also to succeed or accomplish something

အပြင်

a pyin — Outside, exterior, or in addition to

ဆုံး

zoun — Most; end; to die (colloquial usage)

ထင်ရှား

htin shá — Famous, prominent, or clearly evident to all

နည်းဗျူဟာ

nè bjú ha — Strategy, tactic, or plan of action

နိမ့်ကျ

nein kja — Low, inferior, or to decline in status

လိမ်ညာ

lein nya — To lie, deceive, or tell falsehoods

အံ့ဖွယ်ရာ

an phwɛ ya — Wonderful, amazing, or astonishing thing

အဖြစ်

a phyiʔ — As; in the role or capacity of something

ကြည့်ရှု

kji shu — To watch, observe, or view carefully

နှစ်သက်

hnit theʔ — To like, enjoy, or be fond of

ခဲ့

khɛ — Past tense marker indicating completed action

က

ga — Subject marker or from; grammatical particle

ဆို

zó — To say, speak, or quotative marker

အတွင်း

a twín — Inside, within, or during a time period

အနည်းငယ်

a nè ngɛ — A little, a few, or a small amount

တုန်လှုပ်

toun hluʔ — To tremble, shake, or be shocked

တစ်ချက်

tiʔ cheʔ — Once; one strike or one moment

ထိုး

htó — To stab, pierce, inject, or strike

ဝင်

win — To enter, go in, or join something

သွား

thwá — To go; also tooth (noun)

မသက်မသာ

ma theʔ ma tha — Uncomfortable, uneasy, or feeling unsettled

ဖြစ်စေ

phyiʔ say — Whether; causing something to be or happen

သံသယ

thun tha ya — Doubt, suspicion, or uncertainty about something

ထိ

hti — Until, up to, or to touch something

သူ

thu — He, him; third-person pronoun for people

မျက်နှာ

myeʔ hna — Face; expression; front side of something

စီစစ်

si siʔ — To examine, scrutinize, or inspect carefully

ကြည့်

kji — To look at or watch something

သော်လည်း

thaw lɛ — However, although, or even though concessive particle

ဘာ

bha — What; used in questions about things

မျှ

hmya — Only, merely, or as much as; equal

မပြော

ma pyaw — Not to say or not to speak

ထို့ကြောင့်

htó kjáun — Therefore, for that reason, consequently

လက်

leʔ — Hand; arm; also classifier for actions

ဆန့်

san — To stretch, extend, or oppose something

ကာ

ka — While doing; continuative or protective particle

ရှပ်အင်္ကျီ

sheʔ in kji — Shirt; button-up or collared shirt garment

ကိုင်တွယ်

kain twɛ — To handle, deal with, or manage something

ခြောက်

chauʔ — To frighten, scare; also six (number)

ကြောင်း

kjáun — That; complementizer reporting facts or statements

စိတ်ထဲ

seiʔ htɛ — In the mind or heart; inner thoughts

တွင်

twin — In, at, within; locative marker particle

ကြံစည်

khan zi — To scheme, plot, or devise a plan

ထား

htá — To place, keep, or put aside something

မည်သူ

myi thu — Who; whoever; whichever person it may be

မ

ma — Negation prefix meaning not or no

သိ

thi — To know, understand, or be aware of

ဘဲ

bɛ — Without doing; negative connective particle

ရှာဖွေ

sha phwɛ — To search for or look for something

တွေ့ရှိ

twɛ shi — To find, discover, or come across something

ထင်

htin — To think, believe, or seem; to appear

သူမ့်

thu m̥ — Her; belonging to her (possessive form)

ဂုဏ်ယူ

goun yú — To be proud of someone or something

သို့သော်

thó thaw — However, but, nevertheless; contrastive conjunction

အောင်

aun — In order to succeed; until achieving a goal

ကြိုးစား

kjó zá — To try hard, make effort, or strive

မူ

mu — As for; topicalizing particle; policy or principle

ယခု

ya khu — Now, at present, currently at this time

တော့

taw — Now then; particle indicating shift or conclusion

ဘယ်

bɛ — Where; which; left direction

ဘက်

beʔ — Side, direction, or toward a party

မှ

hma — From, since, or only then; ablative marker

တိုက်

taiʔ — To attack; building; to press against something

လိုက်

laiʔ — To follow; to do along with; directional verb

ပြီ

pyí — Already; completion particle at sentence end

နောက်

nauʔ — After, behind, next, or later in time

တစ်ဆင့်

tiʔ sin — Through, via, step by step, one level

လာ

la — To come; directional verb toward speaker

နိုင်

nain — To be able to; can; to win

အရာ

a ya — Thing, matter, or object; also rank

ကြိုတင်

kjó tin — In advance, beforehand, or preemptively prepared

ကာကွယ်

ka kwɛ — To protect, defend, or guard against harm

ထို

htó — That, those; demonstrative pronoun for distance

သက်သေ

theʔ thay — Evidence, proof, or witness to something

အချက်အလက်

a cheʔ a leʔ — Information, data, or facts about something

လေး

lé — Four; dear (affectionate); heavy; emphatic particle

သတိပြု

tha ti pyu — To be careful, pay attention, or notice

လွတ်

lwaʔ — Free, released, or escaped from confinement

လှည့်ကွက်

hleh kweʔ — Trick, ruse, or deceptive maneuver used

တစ်ခု

tiʔ khu — One thing; a single item or unit

လက်လွတ်

leʔ lwaʔ — To let slip from hand; lose grip

ဆုံးရှုံး

zoun shoun — To lose, suffer loss, or be defeated

တွေး

twé — To think, ponder, or reflect on something

စိတ်တို

seiʔ tó — Short-tempered, impatient, or easily angered