The King in Yellow — Page 7

Vocabulary

ထို

htoe — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant

ဆိုး

hsoe — Bad, wicked, or severe in degree

ညစ်

nyit — Dirty, filthy, or morally corrupt

သော

thaw — Relative clause particle; that which, who

စာ

sa — Letter, writing, book, or lesson

မျက်

myat — Eye; used in compounds related to sight

နှာ

hna — Nose; used in facial feature compounds

များ

myar — Many, plural marker, or numerous

တွင်

twing — In, at, within a place or time

သတ်

that — To kill; to define or mark punctuation

မှတ်

hmat — To note, remember, or mark down

ထား

htar — To keep, place, or leave something behind

မူ

mu — Policy, principle, or original form

ဝါဒ

wada — Doctrine, ideology, or political belief system

ကို

ko — Accusative particle marking direct object

ချိုး

choe — To break, violate a rule or bone

ဖောက်

pfout — To pierce, break through, or violate

ခြင်း

chine — Nominalizing suffix indicating an action or state

မ

ma — Negative prefix; not, don't

ရှိ

shi — To exist, be present, or have

ဘဲ

beh — Without doing; particle indicating lack of action

တစ်

tit — One; the number one or indefinite article

ခု

khu — General classifier for objects; now, currently

လည်း

leh — Also, too, as well; additive particle

ဖြန့်

pfyan — To spread, distribute, or disseminate widely

ယုံ

yone — To believe, trust, have faith in

ကြည်

kji — To look, gaze; clear or limpid

ချက်

chet — Point, moment, or act of doing something

ထိ

hti — Until, up to, reaching as far as

ခိုက်

khout — To collide, hit against; while, during

နာ

na — To hurt, feel pain; to suffer

စေ

say — Causative particle; to cause or make someone do

ပေ

pay — Foot (unit); also an assertion particle

ယင်း

yin — That, those; formal demonstrative or referring pronoun

မည်

myi — Future tense marker; will, shall

သည့်

thit — Relative clause marker; which, that (attributive)

သိ

thi — To know, understand, be aware of

ပြီး

pji — After completing; already done, finished

သား

thar — Son; meat; softening or emphasis particle

စံ

san — Standard, norm, or model of excellence

နှုန်း

hnone — Rate, standard, or measure of something

ဖြင့်

pfying — By means of, with, through instrumental particle

မျှ

mya — Only, just, as much as; equality particle

တိုင်း

tine — Every, each; region or administrative division

တာ

ta — Nominalizing particle; the act of doing

ဆုံး

hsone — End, finish, or be at the limit

ဖြတ်

pfyat — To cut through, pass through, or decide

၍

(yway) — Connective particle; therefore, and so, thus

ရ

ya — To receive, get, or be able to

နိုင်

nine — Can, able to; to be capable of

ခဲ့

kheh — Past tense marker indicating completed or gone action

သော်

thaw — Although, even though; concessive conjunction

အ

a — Prefix nominalizer or general noun-forming particle

နု

nu — Young, tender, or soft in texture

ပညာ

panya — Knowledge, wisdom, or education

၏

eh — Genitive particle; of, belonging to (formal)

မြင့်

mying — High, tall, elevated in position or status

သံ

than — Sound, tone, voice, or metal (iron)

ဖန်

pfan — Glass; to create or bring about something

တီး

ti — To play a musical instrument; tap or beat

သည်

thi — Present tense copula; is, are, does

ဟု

hu — Quotative particle; saying that, called

လူ

lu — Person, human being, people

ပြု

pyu — To do, make, perform, or cause

လူ့

lu — Human, of people; genitive form of person

ဘာ

ba — What; interrogative pronoun

ဝ

wa — Zero; round, fat; a letter of alphabet

ဖိ

pfi — To press down, oppress, or push firmly

စီး

si — To ride (vehicle); to flow; prosperity

မှု

hmu — Affair, matter, case, or legal issue

ခံ

khan — To receive, endure, or bear something

သန့်

than — Clean, pure, or hygienic

ရှင်း

shine — To explain, clear up; clean or clear

ဆိပ်

hseit — Harbor, port; quiet; venom or poison

နှစ်

hnit — Year; two; the number two

သာ

tha — Only, just; comfortably; comparative particle

ဝှက်

hwet — To hide, conceal, or keep secret

ဆင်း

hsin — To descend, go down, or dismount

နေ

nay — To live, stay, reside; the sun

စကား

zaga — Word, speech, language, or conversation

ကြီး

ji — Big, large, great, or senior

ဟုတ်

hout — True, correct, right; yes, that's so

အား

ar — Dative/accusative particle; to, for, strength

လုံး

lone — Whole, entire; round object classifier

စား

zar — To eat, consume food

ကြ

kja — Plural verb particle; to do together

ပထမ

patama — First, primary, at the beginning

ရိုး

yo — Bone; simple, plain, or ordinary

နှင့်

hnin — And, with, together with; conjunction

ပြစ်

pyit — Crime, offense, fault, or wrongdoing

ကင်း

kin — Free from, devoid of; a guard post

မဲ့

meh — Without, lacking; empty or hollow

နောက်

nout — Behind, after, next, or back

ပိုင်း

pine — Part, section, or division of something

ထိုး

hto — To stab, inject, or strike with force

ပို

po — More, extra, in excess of normal

ကြောက်

kjout — To fear, be scared, dread something

မက်

met — To desire, crave, or be greedy for

ဖွယ်

pfweh — Worthy of, deserving; likely to, liable to

ကောင်း

kaung — Good, fine, excellent, or virtuous

ကျိုး

kjo — Broken, cracked; reason, cause, benefit

သက်

thet — Life, age, lifespan; to press down

ရောက်

yout — To arrive, reach, or attain a place

ကျ

kja — To fall, drop, or fail an exam

ရန်

yan — Enemy; purpose, for the sake of

ခွင့်

khwin — Permission, right, or opportunity to do

လိုက်

lout — To follow, go along with, chase after

ကဲ့

keh — Like, similar to; used in comparisons

သို့

thoe — To, toward; directional postposition

ဖြစ်

pfyit — To be, become, happen, or occur

ဧပြီ

Eipyi — April; the fourth month of the year

လ

la — Month; the moon

ရက်

yet — Day (of the month); date

နေ့

nay — Day, daytime, or a specific day

စိုး

so — To rule, reign; to worry or fear

သေ

thay — To die, dead, or lifeless

ခန်း

khan — Room, chamber; to be exhausted or dry up

ကြား

kjar — Between, among; to hear something

တောင်

taung — Mountain, hill; south; to request

ဘက်

bet — Side, direction, or toward a place

ခြမ်း

chame — Side, half, or flank of something

တည်

ti — To establish, found, or be stable

ထောင်

htaung — Thousand; prison; to erect or stand up

ကြောင်း

kjaung — Because, reason; line, row; reported speech marker

ကျွန်ုပ်

kjanaup — I, me; formal first-person pronoun

မိ

mi — To catch, get hold of; mother

သေး

thay — Still, yet; small, tiny

ယခင်

yakhyin — Previously, formerly, in the past

က

ka — Subject or agent particle; from, since

နိုင်ငံ

naingngam — Country, nation, or state

ခြား

Other, different, foreign, or separate

တွက်

twet — For the sake of; to calculate or consider

ဖေး

pfay — To help, assist, support someone in need

ဆိုင်

hsine — Shop, store; related or concerning something

သောက်

thout — To drink a liquid beverage

သုံး

thone — To use, utilize; three, the number three

ပါး

par — Cheek; thin; also a polite particle

ဟောင်း

haung — Old, worn out, or used previously

ဆောက်

hsout — To build, construct a building or structure

ဖွဲ့

pfweh — To organize, form, or compose a group

စည်း

si — Rule, regulation; to bind or organize together

ရာ

ya — Hundred; place; verbal suffix of occurrence

ဆောင်း

hsaung — Winter, cold season; to wear or carry

သီ

thi — To sing; to be separate or distinct

ဝယ်

weh — To buy, purchase goods or services

ယူ

yu — To take, carry, or bring something away

ပိုင်

pine — To own, possess, or belong to someone

ပြင်

pying — To repair, fix; outside, exterior area

သစ်

thit — New, fresh; wood or timber

ဖြို

pfyo — To demolish, break down, or destroy forcibly

ဖျက်

pfyet — To destroy, cancel, or dismantle something

ချ

cha — To put down, lower, or place below

ရွှေ

shway — Gold; golden color or golden object

ရောင်

yaung — Color, hue; light or glow

သုတ်

thout — To wipe, sweep, or clean a surface

ဆန်

hsan — Rice (uncooked); to go against or oppose

ကာ

ka — To protect, shield; continuative verbal particle

ဝိုင်း

wine — Circle, group; to surround collectively

ချစ်

chit — To love, be fond of someone dearly

ယျာဉ်

yin — Vehicle, craft, or means of transportation

မြက်

myet — Grass, lawn, or green vegetation on ground

ခင်း

khine — To spread out, lay flat; open space

ပန်း

pan — Flower, blossom; to tire out or decorate

ရေ

yay — Water; to count or number things

တံ

tan — Bridge; a tool or implement handle

ခွန်

khun — Tax, duty; strength, power, or tribute

ပြောင်း

pyaung — To change, transform, or switch to something

လဲ

leh — To fall down; also, or as well

လယ်

leh — Paddy field, rice field, or farmland

ဟို

ho — Over there; that distant place or thing

တင်း

tin — Tight, tense; a unit of dry measure

ကျပ်

kjat — Kyat (Burmese currency); tight or constricted

ထူး

htu — Special, exceptional, or outstanding quality

စဉ်း

sin — To consider, think over, or deliberate carefully

ငယ်

ngeh — Young, small, junior, or younger sibling

ဖြူ

pfyu — White, pale, or fair in color

ကော်

kaw — Glue, adhesive; to stick or paste together

ခြောက်

chjout — Six; dry, dried out, or withered

ချောင်း

chaung — Stream, creek; tube or cylindrical passage

မိုး

mo — Rain; sky; the rainy season

ထမ်း

htame — To carry on the shoulder or by pole

ပေါက်

pout — To sprout, emerge, or burst open suddenly

တည်း

ti — Only, alone; also a lodging particle

ခါး

khar — Waist; bitter taste or flavor

မှာ

hma — At, in, on; to order or instruct

ကြေး

kjay — Copper, brass; fee, cost, or payment

ဝါ

wa — Yellow color; Buddhist Lent period; sentence topic

လုပ်

lout — To do, work, perform an action