The divine comedy — Page 1

Vocabulary

ယခု

ya.khu — Now, at this moment, currently

နေ့သည်

ne̤.θì — This day, today

ထွက်ခွာတော့မည်

tʰwɛʔ.kʰwa.tɔ̀.mì — Will depart, about to leave soon

ဖြစ်ပြီး

pjɪʔ.pjí — Having become, being, after occurring

လေထု

lè.tʰṵ — Atmosphere, air, the sky's air layer

သည်

θì — Topic marker particle, is, this

အရိပ်

ʔa̰.jeɪʔ — Shadow, shade, darkness cast by object

များ

mjá — Many, plural marker, more, numerous

ဖြင့်

pjɪ̀ɴ — By means of, with, using, through

မှောင်မိုက်

m̥àuɴ.maɪʔ — Darkness, gloom, obscurity, dark conditions

လျက်

ljɛʔ — While doing, in the act of

၎င်းတို့

θo̤ɴ.tó — They, those ones, them (formal/literary)

၏

ɪ̀ — Possessive particle: of, belonging to (formal)

ကြိုးပမ်း

tɕjó.pán — To strive, to make effort, to endeavor

အားထုတ်

ʔá.tʰoʊʔ — To exert energy, to make an effort

မှု

m̥ṵ — Nominalizing suffix indicating an action or matter

မှ

m̥a̰ — From, out of, since (location/time marker)

လွတ်မြောက်

lwʊʔ.mjàʊʔ — To escape, to be freed, to be liberated

ကာ

ká — Particle indicating continuous action or shielding

မြေကြီး

mjè.tɕí — Earth, ground, soil, land

ပေါ်

pɔ̀ — On top of, above, upon, surface

ရှိ

ʃḭ — To exist, to have, to be present

သတ္တဝါ

θaʔ.ta̰.wá — Living creature, being, animal, organism

အားလုံး

ʔá.lóɴ — All, everyone, everything, without exception

ကို

ko̤ — Object marker particle, to, towards

ငါ

ŋà — I, me (informal first-person pronoun)

တစ်ယောက်

tɪʔ.jàʊʔ — One person, a single individual

တည်း

tɛ́ — Only, alone, solely (emphasis particle)

ကား

ká — Topic emphasis particle; also means car

ဆန့်ကျင်

sʰɛ̀ɴ.tɕɪɴ — To oppose, to go against, to resist

ဖက်

pʰɛʔ — Side, direction; to embrace, to face

ရင်ဆိုင်

jɪɴ.sʰàɪɴ — To face, to confront, to encounter directly

ရန်

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

ကိုယ်

ko̤ — Body, self, oneself, personal pronoun (I)

ပြင်ဆင်

pjɪɴ.sʰɪɴ — To prepare, to get ready, to arrange

ခဲ့ပြီ

kʰɛ̀.pjí — Already done, completed past action

ဝမ်းနည်း

wʊɴ.nɛ́ — To be sad, sorrowful, grieved, unhappy

ဖွယ်

pʰwɛ̀ — Worthy of, deserving, likely to cause

သော

θɔ́ — Relative clause marker: that, which, who

သနားခြင်း

θa̰.ná.tɕʰɪɴ — Compassion, pity, mercy, feeling sorry for

နှင့်

n̥ɪɴ — And, with, together with (conjunction/postposition)

ထို

tʰo̤ — That, those (demonstrative adjective/pronoun)

အန္တရာယ်

ʔan.da̰.jɛ̀ — Danger, risk, hazard, threat, peril

ကြီး

tɕí — Big, large, great, important, elder

လမ်းကြောင်း

láɴ.tɕáuɴ — Path, route, course, direction, way

လည်း

lɛ́ — Also, too, as well, even (particle)

မှားယွင်းမှု

m̥á.jwɪɴ.m̥ṵ — Error, mistake, wrongdoing, inaccuracy

မရှိ

ma̰.ʃḭ — Does not exist, there is none, without

မှတ်ဉာဏ်

m̥aʔ.ɲàɴ — Memory, recollection, the ability to remember

နောက်

nàʊʔ — After, behind, next, later, the back

သို့

θo̤ — To, towards, in the direction of

ပြန်လည်

pjàɴ.lɛ́ — Back, return, again, reciprocally

ခြေရာကောက်

tɕʰɛ̀.jà.kàʊʔ — To retrace, to track footsteps, to follow trail

မည်

mì — Future tense marker: will, shall, going to

ဖြစ်

pjɪʔ — To be, to become, to happen, to occur

အို

ʔo̤ — Oh! vocative exclamation; also means to age

မြင့်မြတ်

mjɪ̀ɴ.mjàʔ — Noble, sublime, lofty, exalted, august

ဉာဏ်ပညာ

ɲàɴ.pjɪ̀ɲa̰ — Wisdom and knowledge, intelligence, enlightened understanding

ကျေးဇူးပြု

tɕé.zú.pjṵ — Please, to do a favor, to be kind

၍

jʊ̀ — Therefore, and so, because (literary connective)

ပေးသနား

pé.θa̰.ná — To give mercifully, to bestow out of compassion

ပါလော့

pà.lɔ̀ — Please do (polite imperative softening particle)

သင်တို့

θɪɴ.tó — You all, you (plural second-person pronoun)

အကူအညီ

ʔa̰.kṳ.ʔa̰.ɲì — Help, assistance, support, aid

စိတ်ဉာဏ်

seɪʔ.ɲàɴ — Mental faculty, mind and intelligence combined

မြင်ခဲ့

mjɪɴ.kʰɛ̀ — Saw, had seen (past tense of see)

သမျှ

θa̰.mjʰa̰ — All, whatever, everything, as much as

သိမ်းဆည်း

θéɪɴ.sʰɛ́ — To preserve, to store, to keep, to save

ထား

tʰá — To place, to keep, to put, to store

ရေးသား

jé.θá — To write, to compose, to author text

မှတ်တမ်း

m̥aʔ.tán — Record, documentation, archive, written account

တွင်

twɪɴ — In, at, within (locative particle)

လုံခြုံ

lóɴ.tɕʰóɴ — Safe, secure, protected from harm

စွာ

swà — Adverb-forming suffix: -ly, in a manner

ဤနေရာ

ʔì.nè.jà — This place, here, this location

၌

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

သင်

θɪɴ — You (second-person pronoun); also means to learn

တန်ဖိုး

tàɴ.pʰó — Value, worth, price, importance

ထူးချွန်

tʰú.tɕʰwɪɴ — Excellent, outstanding, exceptional, superior in ability

စွမ်းရည်

swʊɴ.jì — Ability, capability, skill, talent, capacity

သက်သေ

θɛʔ.θè — Evidence, proof, witness, testimony

ထင်ရှား

tʰɪɴ.ʃá — Clear, evident, famous, obvious, well-known

လာ

là — To come; directional verb particle (towards speaker)

ကြ

tɕa̰ — Plural verb marker; to do together collectively

ဤသို့

ʔì.θo̤ — In this way, like this, thus

စတင်

sa̰.tɪɴ — To begin, to start, to commence

ခဲ့

kʰɛ̀ — Past tense marker: did, had done (perfective)

ကဗျာဆရာ

ka̰.bja̰.sʰa̰.já — Poet, one who writes poetry professionally

လမ်းပြ

láɴ.pjṵ — Guide, one who shows the way

ကောင်းစွာ

káuɴ.swà — Well, in a good manner, properly

စဉ်းစား

sɪɴ.sá — To think, to consider, to reflect upon

ကျင့်ဝတ်

tɕɪ̀ɴ.woʊʔ — Ethics, moral conduct, duty, code of behavior

သီလ

Moral precepts, virtue, ethical discipline

ဆို

sʰo̤ — To say, to sing, to be called, if

လျှင်

l̥ɪɴ — If, when, conditional marker, then

လုံလောက်

lóɴ.làʊʔ — Sufficient, enough, adequate, satisfactory

ဤ

ʔì — This (formal demonstrative, used before noun)

ကိစ္စ

keɪʔ.sa̰ — Matter, affair, issue, concern, case

မသွား

ma̰.θwá — Not go, do not go, will not go

မီ

mì — Before, prior to, in time for

ငါ့

ŋa̰ — My, mine (informal first-person possessive)

ယုံကြည်

jóɴ.tɕì — To believe, to trust, to have faith

ဖခင်

pʰa̰.kʰɪɴ — Father, male parent

ပြောဆို

pjɔ́.sʰo̤ — To speak, to say, to talk, to tell

ပြီ

pjí — Already, done, completion marker (sentence-final)

သို့သော်

θo̤.θɔ̀ — However, but, nevertheless, even so

ပုပ်သိုး

poʊʔ.θó — Rotten, decayed, decomposed, putrid

ပျက်စီး

pjɛʔ.sí — To be destroyed, ruined, damaged, corrupted

နိုင်

naɪɴ — Can, to be able to, to win, capable

ဝတ်ဆင်

woʊʔ.sʰɪɴ — To wear, to put on clothing or accessories

ပင်

pɪɴ — Indeed, even, also (emphatic particle)

အကြား

ʔa̰.tɕá — Between, among, in the middle of

မသေနိုင်

ma̰.θè.naɪɴ — Cannot die, immortal, unable to perish

ဝိညာဉ်

wɪ̀.ɲàɴ — Spirit, soul, consciousness, spiritual essence

တို့

tó — Plural marker for pronouns and nouns

အုပ်စု

ʔoʊʔ.sṵ — Group, cluster, faction, party, band

ဝင်ရောက်

wɪɴ.jàʊʔ — To enter, to go in, to penetrate, to join

ခွင့်

kʰwɪ̀ɴ — Permission, right, opportunity, leave, allowance

ရ

ja̰ — To get, to receive, can, to obtain

ပြီး

pjí — After, finished, then (sequential connector)

နေရာ

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

နေ

nè — To stay, to live, to be; sun

သိမြင်

θḭ.mjɪɴ — To perceive, to understand, to know and see

ခံစား

kʰàɴ.sá — To feel, to experience, to sense emotions

တည်ရှိ

tɛ́.ʃḭ — To exist, to be situated, to be present

ကောင်းကင်

káuɴ.kɪɴ — Sky, heaven, the heavens above

ကြီးမြတ်

tɕí.mjàʔ — Great, noble, magnificent, revered, exalted

သခင်

θa̰.kʰɪɴ — Lord, master, owner; form of address

မကောင်းမှု

ma̰.káuɴ.m̥ṵ — Evil, wrongdoing, bad deed, wickedness

တိုင်း

taɪɴ — Every, each time, all (distributive particle)

အနိုင်ရ

ʔa̰.naɪɴ.ja̰ — To win, to gain victory, to overcome

အာဏာရှင်

ʔá.ná.ʃɪɴ — Dictator, authoritarian ruler, tyrant

ထိုသို့

tʰo̤.θo̤ — In that way, like that, thus, in such manner

ကျေးဇူး

tɕé.zú — Kindness, grace, favor, gratitude, blessing

ပြသ

pjṵ.θa̰ — To show, to demonstrate, to display, to reveal

အကျိုးဆက်

ʔa̰.tɕó.sʰɛʔ — Consequence, result, effect, outcome

ဆင်ခြင်

sʰɪɴ.tɕɪɴ — To reflect carefully, to consider, to be mindful

သုံးသပ်

θóɴ.θɛʔ — To analyze, to evaluate, to assess, to review

သူ

θṵ — He, she, they (third-person pronoun)

ထံ

tʰàɴ — To, at (the location of a person), towards someone

ထွက်ပေါ်

tʰwɛʔ.pɔ̀ — To emerge, to appear, to come out

မည့်

mì — Future relative clause marker: that will, upcoming

အရာ

ʔa̰.jà — Thing, matter, object, issue, item

ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်

poʊʔ.gòʊ — Person, individual, personality, figure

နှစ်မျိုး

n̥ɪʔ.mjó — Two kinds, two types, both varieties

စလုံး

sa̰.lóɴ — Both, all of them, the whole lot

ဤသည်

ʔì.θì — This is, this (formal demonstrative subject)

မှာ

m̥à — At, in, on (locative); to order, to instruct

အကျိုးအကြောင်း

ʔa̰.tɕó.ʔa̰.tɕáuɴ — Reason and effect, cause and benefit, rationale

တွက်ဆ

twɛʔ.sʰa̰ — To calculate, to estimate, to figure out

သင့်လျော်

θɪ̀ɴ.ljɔ̀ — Appropriate, suitable, fitting, proper, adequate

ဆုလာဘ်

sʰṵ.là — Reward, prize, benefit, boon, spiritual gain

ဟု

hṳ — Quotation marker: saying that, thus said

ထင်

tʰɪɴ — To think, to believe, to suppose, to seem

ကြောင့်

tɕáuɴ — Because of, due to, on account of

ဆိုသော်

sʰo̤.θɔ̀ — If one says, speaking of, that is to say

ကျယ်ပြန့်

tɕɛ̀.pjàɴ — Vast, wide, expansive, broad, extensive

အင်ပါယာ

ʔɪɴ.pà.jà — Empire (loanword from English)

ရွေးချယ်

jwé.tɕʰɛ̀ — To choose, to select, to elect, to pick

ခံ

kʰàɴ — To receive, to bear, to endure, to suffer

နှစ်ခု

n̥ɪʔ.kʰṵ — Two things, two items, a pair

အမှန်တကယ်

ʔa̰.m̥àɴ.ta̰.kʰɛ̀ — Truly, really, genuinely, in truth, actually

ခန့်အပ်

kʰàɴ.ʔaʔ — To appoint, to assign, to designate someone

ခြင်း

tɕʰɪɴ — Nominalizer suffix: -ing, -tion, the act of

သန့်ရှင်း

θàɴ.ʃɪɴ — Clean, pure, holy, sacred, spotless

အတွက်

ʔa̰.twɛʔ — For, for the sake of, because of, regarding