The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 3

Vocabulary

တတိယ

ta-ti-ya — Third in order or sequence

အချက်

a-cheh — Point, fact, or key detail

မှာ

hma — At, in, or to order something

မစ္စတာ

mit-sa-ta — Mister, male honorific title

၏

ei — Possessive or linking particle in formal writing

စားပွဲ

sa-bweh — Table, especially a dining or work table

တော်

taw — Skilled, worthy, or royal honorific

တွင်

twinn — In, at, within a place or context

ဖြစ်

phyit — To be, happen, or occur

ပွား

pwa — To multiply, increase, or proliferate

ခဲ့

kheh — Past tense marker indicating completed action

သည့်

thinn — Relative clause marker, equivalent to 'which/that'

အကြောင်း

a-kyaung — Reason, cause, or subject matter

အရာ

a-ya — Thing, matter, or object

နှင့်

hnin — And, with, together with

စပ်

sap — To relate to, connect, or be spicy

လျဉ်

ljin — Concerning, regarding (used in formal phrases)

၍

yway — Therefore, so, thus (connective particle)

ထို

hto — That, those (demonstrative pronoun)

ဆို

so — To say, speak, or mean

ပါ

pa — Polite particle or 'also, too'

သော

thaw — Relative particle meaning 'which' or 'that'

လစ်

lit — To slip away, escape, or miss

မာ

ma — Hard, firm, tough

ဟာ

ha — Informal copula meaning 'is' or 'that thing'

ဂို

go — Warehouse, storage depot

သည်

thinn — Present tense or declarative sentence-ending particle

သူ

thu — He, she, that person

ကဲ့

keh — Like, similar to (comparative particle)

ရဲ့

yeh — Possessive particle in informal speech

စစ်

sit — War, military, or genuine/real

ဆင်

sin — Elephant, or to dress, adorn

ရေး

yay — To write, or concerning a matter

များ

mya — Many, plural marker

မည်

myi — Future tense particle

မျှ

hmya — Only, just, as much as

ရက်

yeh — Day (of the month), or cruel/harsh

စက်

set — Machine, engine, or device

ဆက်

set — To continue, connect, or follow on

ဆံ

san — Hair, or to deal with someone

ကို

ko — Object marker particle (accusative case)

ကျွန်

kjwan — Slave, servant, or humble first-person pronoun

ပြော

pyaw — To speak, say, or tell

ပြ

pya — To show, demonstrate, or display

ရ

ya — To get, receive, or can/be able to

ထုတ်

htout — To take out, publish, or produce

ပြီး

pyi — After, already, finished

ခြိမ်း

chjiim — To threaten or intimidate

ခြောက်

chjout — Six, or to frighten/scare

မှု

hmu — Noun-forming suffix for actions or cases

ဆောင်

saung — To carry, bear, or undertake

ကလေး

ka-lay — Child, baby, small one

တစ်

tit — One (number), a single

ချောင်း

chjuung — Stream, small river, or throat

တန်

tan — Worth, suitable, or a measure unit

ဖိုး

pho — Price, value, or a male name particle

မ

ma — Negation prefix, meaning 'not'

ထား

hta — To place, keep, or leave behind

ကြောင့်

kyaung — Because of, due to (causal particle)

ထွက်

htwet — To exit, come out, or leave

ခွာ

khwa — To separate, depart, or hoof of animal

သွား

thwa — To go, leave, or teeth

ခြင်း

chjiin — Nominalizing suffix for verbs and actions

ဟုတ်

hout — Yes, true, correct (affirmative)

ဘဲ

beh — Without doing, duck (the bird)

ညစာ

nya-za — Dinner, evening meal

စား

sa — To eat or consume food

ချိန်

chein — Time, moment, or to weigh

ငါး

nga — Fish, or the number five

ဥ

u — Egg, or a prefix for male names

ပေါ်

paw — On top of, upon, or to appear

လာ

la — To come, arrive, or approach

အမျင်

a-myin — View, opinion, or perspective

ဆန်း

san — Strange, unusual, or novel

အကျိုး

a-kjo — Benefit, result, or consequence

အချို့

a-chjo — Some, a few, certain ones

ရာသီ

ya-thi — Season of the year, or period of time

ဂါလင်

ga-lin — Gallon, unit of liquid measurement

မှ

hma — From, since, or only (particle)

ဟူ

hu — Called, known as (formal quotative particle)

အခန်း

a-khan — Room, chapter, or compartment

ဖော်

phaw — To reveal, show, or companion

အတိုင်း

a-tine — According to, as per, in accordance with

ပြင်း

pjiin — Strong, intense, severe

ထန်

htan — Strong, potent, fierce

ဝမ်း

wun — Stomach, abdomen, or womb

နုတ်

hnout — To subtract, remove, or pull out

ဆေး

say — Medicine, drug, or to wash/clean

သဘော

tha-baw — Meaning, sense, or disposition

ကြောင်း

kyaung — Sentence-final particle reporting information

သိ

thi — To know or understand something

ပေ

peh — Foot (unit of length) or emphatic particle