The King in Yellow — Page 1

Vocabulary

ငရဲ

nga-yè — Hell; the realm of punishment after death

လယ်ကွင်းရှိ

lè-gwín-shi — Located in or having a paddy field

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏

kyunò-tò-ei — Our; belonging to us

လမ်းမကြီး

lán-ma-jí — Main road; large highway or boulevard

ရူး

yú — Crazy; mad; mentally unwell

ဘာရေး

bà-yé — What matter; what concern is it

ကမ်းခြေတစ်လျှောက်

kán-chè-tit-shout — Along the beach; all along the shoreline

တိမ်လှိုင်းများ

tein-hlain-myà — Waves of clouds; rolling cloud formations

ကျိုးပေါက်လျက်၊

kyò-baut-lyat — While being broken or cracked apart

အမွှာ

a-mhwà — Twin; pair; one of matching two

နေများ

né-myà — Suns; multiple suns or days

အိုင်

ain — Pond; small lake or pool of water

နောက်ကွယ်သို့

nout-kwè-tho — Toward the back; behind something

နစ်မြုပ်

nit-myout — To sink; to be submerged underwater

လျက်၊

lyat — While; connective particle indicating ongoing action

ရိပ်မည်းများ

yeit-mí-myà — Dark shadows; multiple black or gloomy shadows

ရှည်လျား

shè-lyà — Long; lengthy; extended in distance or time

လာပြီ

là-byi — Has come; arrived already

၌တည်း

hnit-tè — Right within; located exactly inside or at

ကြယ်မည်းများ

kyè-mí-myà — Black stars; dark or extinct stars in sky

ထွက်ပေါ်ရာ

thwet-pò-ya — Where something emerges or appears from

ညသည်

nya-thì — The night; referring specifically to nighttime

ထူးဆန်း

htú-sán — Strange; unusual; weird or extraordinary

လှပေ၏

hlà-bè-ei — Is beautiful; indeed beautiful or lovely

ထူးဆန်းသော

htú-sán-dho — Strange; unusual; adjective modifying a noun

လများ

lá-myà — Moons; multiple moons in the sky

လည်း

lé — Also; too; additionally; discourse particle

မိုးကောင်းကင်

mó-kaùng-kín — Sky; the heavenly expanse above us

တွင်

twìn — In; at; within; location particle

လည်ပတ်

lè-bat — To revolve; to rotate; to go around

လျက်

lyat — While; as; connective particle for ongoing action

သို့သော်

tho-dho — However; but; nevertheless; contrastive conjunction

ပို၍ပင်

po-yui-pin — Even more so; especially; all the more

ထူးဆန်းသည်မှာ

htú-sán-thì-hmà — What is strange is; the odd thing is

ပျောက်ဆုံးသော

pyout-sóun-dho — Lost; missing; that which has disappeared

တည်း

tè — Only; just; emphatic or limiting particle

တို့

tò — Plural marker; we; they; group particle

သီဆို

thi-zò — To sing; to perform a song vocally

မည့်

myi — Future tense particle; will; shall do

သီချင်းများ

thi-chin-myà — Songs; multiple musical pieces or compositions

ဘုရင်၏

pu-yin-ei — Of the king; the king's; royal possessive

အစုတ်အပြဲများ

a-sout-a-pyè-myà — Rags; tattered fragments; torn scraps of cloth

ဖတ်ဖတ်လူး

fat-fat-lú — Fluttering; flapping repeatedly in the wind

ရာ၌

yà-hnit — At the place of; in the location where

နား

nà — Ear; the organ of hearing

မထောင်ရဘဲ

ma-htaung-ya-bè — Without being allowed to listen; must not hear

ချုပ်ငြိမ်း

chout-nyain — To cease; to end; to be extinguished or stilled

ရမည်

ya-myi — Must; have to; will need to do

မှိုင်းတိုက်သော

hmain-tite-dho — Hazy; misty; foggy; obscured by haze

ကျွန်ုပ်၏

kyunò-ei — My; mine; belonging to me (formal)

ဝိညာဉ်၏

winyán-ei — Of the soul; of the spirit; spiritual possessive

သီချင်း

thi-chin — Song; a musical composition sung with voice

ရယ်

yè — Emphatic or affectionate sentence-final particle

အသံ

a-thán — Sound; voice; audio; noise

သေဆုံး

thé-sóun — To die; to pass away; death

ပြီ

byi — Already; completion particle; done; finished

သင်သည်

thin-thì — You; second-person subject pronoun (polite)

မသီဆို

ma-thi-zò — Not to sing; refrain from singing

အပ်ဘဲ

at-bè — Without doing; not doing and yet continuing

လော့

lo — Imperative particle; do it; command marker

မကျသော

ma-kjà-dho — That which does not fall; unfalling adjective

မျက်ရည်

myet-yè — Tears; teardrops from the eyes

ကဲ့သို့

kè-tho — Like; as; similar to; in the manner of

ခြောက်သွေ့

chout-thwè — Dry; arid; lacking moisture or tears

ပြီး

byi — After; having done; completion connector between clauses

အဝါရောင်

a-wà-yaung — Yellow color; the color yellow

ဘုရင်

pu-yin — King; a monarch or royal ruler

ထဲမှ

htè-hmà — From within; out of; from inside

၏

ei — Possessive particle; of; 's; genitive marker

၁

tit — One; the numeral one in Burmese script

မြင်ကွင်း

myin-gwín — Scene; view; visual field or landscape

၂

hnit — Two; the numeral two in Burmese script