The Scarlet Letter — Page 4

Vocabulary

ပထမဆုံး

pa.hta.ma. hsouN: — First of all; at the very beginning

အကြိမ်

a.kjeiN — A time; an instance or occurrence

မှာ

hma — At; in; to order or instruct

နှစ်

hnaiʔ — Year; also the number two

သုံး

θouN: — Three; to use or utilize something

လေး

le: — Four; also used as emphasis particle

လောက်

lauʔ — About; approximately; enough amount

အရင်

a.jiN — Before; previously; earlier than now

က

ka̰ — Subject marker particle; from (a place)

ဖြစ်

pjeiʔ — To be; to become; to happen

ပြီး

pji: — After finishing; already done; then

ထို

htò — That; those (demonstrative pronoun/adjective)

အချိန်

a.tɕʰeiN — Time; moment; period of time

တွင်

twìN — In; at; within (locative particle)

ကျွန်ုပ်

tɕənouʔ — I; me (formal first-person pronoun)

သည်

θì — Topic marker particle; is/are (copula)

စာ

sa̰ — Letter; writing; book; text

ဖတ်

pʰaʔ — To read text or written material

သူ

θù — He; she; that person (third person)

များ

mjá: — Many; plural marker; a lot of

အား

á: — Object marker particle; to; towards

ခွင့်

kʰwiN̤ — Permission; right; opportunity to do

လွှတ်

l̤waʔ — To release; to let go; to forgive

၍

(ywei.) — Connective particle meaning 'and then; so'

မ

ma̰ — Negation prefix; not; don't

ရ

ja̰ — To get; to receive; to be able

သော

θɔ̀ — Relative clause marker; which; that (adjective)

နည်း

né: — Method; way; technique; how to

ဖြင့်

pjìN̤ — With; by means of; using (instrumental)

ကြင်

tɕìN — Tender; affectionate; loving kindness

နာ

nà — To hurt; to ache; to feel pain

စေ

se — To cause; to make someone do something

ဝင်

wìN — To enter; to go in; to join

စွက်

sweʔ — To interfere; to meddle; to intervene

ဖက်

pʰeʔ — To embrace; side; direction; to hold

လေ့

le̤ — To be accustomed to; habit; practice

ရှိ

ʃḭ — To exist; to have; to be present

ရေး

je: — To write; concerning; about a matter

ဆရာ

sʰəjà — Teacher; master; respected professional

မည်

mjì — Will; future tense marker particle

သည့်

θḭ — Relative clause marker (past/present reference)

လောကီ

lɔ̀kì — Worldly; secular; pertaining to this world

အကြောင်း

a.tɕɔ̀uN: — Reason; cause; about; concerning a topic

ပြ

pjà — To show; to demonstrate; to display

ချက်

tɕʰeʔ — Point; stroke; immediately; a cooking dish

မျှ

mjʰa̰ — Only; just; as much as; equally

ဘဲ

bɛ̀ — Without doing; instead of; rather than

ဟောင်း

hɔ̀uN: — Old; worn out; outdated; ancient

နွမ်း

nwàN: — Weak; exhausted; withered; faded

ကျောင်း

tɕɔ̀uN: — School; monastery; educational institution

နေ

ne — To live; to stay; to reside; sun

အိမ်

ʔeiN — House; home; residence

တစ်

tiʔ — One; a (indefinite article equivalent)

ခု

kʰṵ — Counter for objects; now; this moment

၏

ʔḭ — Possessive/genitive particle meaning 'of'

နက်

neʔ — Deep; profound; dark (of color)

နဲ

nɛ̀ — With; and; together with (colloquial)

ငြိမ်

njeiN — Quiet; still; calm; peaceful; motionless

သက်

θeʔ — Life; age; breath; to feel relieved

မှု

m̤ṵ — Abstract noun suffix; affair; case; matter

ထဲ

htɛ̀ — Inside; within; into (locative particle)

ထိုင်

htaiN — To sit; to sit down; to reside

ပုံ

pouN — Picture; shape; form; image; manner

ဘဝ

bəwà — Life; existence; state of being

လမ်း

laN: — Road; path; way; route; street

ကို

ko — Object marker particle; to; direct object

ဖော်

pʰɔ̀ — To reveal; to expose; to uncover something

ပေး

pe: — To give; to provide; to grant something

ခဲ့

kʰɛ̤ — Past tense marker; went away; did previously

ယခု

jə.kṵ — Now; at this moment; currently

အခါ

a.kʰà — Time; occasion; when; circumstance

အထူး

a.htú: — Special; particular; especially; unique

ပြု

pju — To do; to act; to perform; to make

မူ

mù — As for; policy; original form; principle

ကျော်

tɕɔ̀ — Famous; to pass over; to exceed; beyond

လွန်

lwàN — To pass; to exceed; too much; excessively

ယခင်

jə.kʰìN — Previously; formerly; in the past

နား

ná: — Ear; to rest; to listen; to stop

ထောင်

htauN — Prison; thousand; to erect; to listen

ဦး

ú: — Head; first; counter for people (respectful)

တွေ့

twḛ — To meet; to encounter; to find; to experience

အပေါ်

a.pɔ̀ — On top of; above; regarding; concerning

ကံ

kaN — Fate; luck; karma; fortune

ကောင်း

kɔ̀uN: — Good; nice; well; fine; excellent

မိ

mḭ — To catch; to get; to accidentally do

ကြောင့်

tɕɔ̀uN̤ — Because of; due to; owing to (reason)

ပြည်

pji̤ — Country; nation; region; full (of)

အာရုံ

ʔà.jouN — Attention; sense; focus; perception

ဖန်

pʰàN — To create; glass; frequent occurrence

ဆွဲ

swɛ̀ — To pull; to drag; to attract; draw

ကာ

ká — While doing; to fence; to block; shield

အကောက်

a.kauʔ — Customs; tariff; duty on goods

ခွန်

kʰwàN — Tax; duty; tribute; levy

ဌာန

ḍa̰na̰ — Department; bureau; government office

ကြာ

tɕà — To take time; long; to be delayed

အတွေ့

a.twḛ — Experience; encounter; what one has met

အကြုံ

a.tɕouN — Experience; practical knowledge; expertise

ပြော

pjɔ̀ — To say; to speak; to tell; to talk

ဆို

sʰò — To say; to mean; to sing; called

တော့

tɔ̤ — Now then; so; well (discourse particle)

ထင်

htìN — To think; to seem; to appear; to opine

ရှား

ʃá: — Rare; scarce; uncommon; seldom found

ကြား

tɕá: — Between; among; to hear; interval

ဤ

ʔì — This (formal/literary demonstrative pronoun)

ရေးရာ

je:.jà — Affairs; matters; concerns relating to something

မှူး

m̤ú: — Chief; head; leader of a group

နမူနာ

na̰.mù.nà — Example; sample; model; specimen

အတိုင်း

a.taiN: — According to; as; in accordance with

အတာ

a.tà — Extent; measure; limit; degree; scope

အထိ

a.htḭ — Until; up to; as far as; to the extent

သစ္စာ

θiʔ.sà — Loyalty; faithfulness; truth; sincerity

စွာ

swà — Adverbial suffix meaning '-ly'; manner particle

လိုက်

laiʔ — To follow; to go along with; to suit

ဖူး

pʰú: — To have ever done; lotus bud; experienced

သို့

θo̤ — To; toward; in the direction of

သော်

θɔ̀ — Although; but; however; even though

အမှန်

a.m̤àN — Truth; reality; true; correct; accurate

တရား

ta̰.já: — Dharma; law; justice; teaching; sermon

မိမိ

mḭ.mḭ — Oneself; one's own; reflexive pronoun

မျက်

mjeʔ — Eye; face (used in compounds)

နှာ

n̤à — Nose; cold (illness); used in face compounds

လေ

le — Wind; air; sentence-final emphasis particle

ပစ်

piʔ — To throw; to discard; to shoot; to abandon

ချ

tɕʰa̰ — To put down; to lower; to place below

အုပ်

ʔouʔ — To govern; to rule; cover; group; flock

ဖယ်

pʰɛ̀ — To remove; to set aside; to avoid

မည့်

mjḭ — Future relative clause marker; about to

ဟုတ်

houʔ — Yes; that is correct; to be true

လုံး

louN: — Whole; entire; round shape; counter for round objects

ဝ

wa̰ — Fat; round; zero; to be plump

ကိုင်

kaiN — To hold; to grasp; to handle something

လူ

lù — Person; human being; people; man

အများ

a.mjá: — Many; the majority; most people; public

လို

lo — To need; to want; to be like; similar

သူ့

θṵ — His; her; that person's (possessive form)

တော်

tɔ̀ — Skilled; capable; royal; to be proper

ထက်

hteʔ — Than; more than; compared to something

ပင်

pìN — Indeed; even; actually (emphasis particle)

ပို

po — More; even more; increasingly; additional

လည်

lɛ̀ — Also; too; neck; to turn; to visit

ငယ်

ŋɛ̀ — Young; small; little; junior; minor

သာ

θà — Only; just; alone; pleasant; comfortable

ကြောင်း

tɕɔ̀uN: — That (reported speech marker); reason; cat

အချို့

a.tɕʰo̤ — Some; a few; certain ones among many

မှန်

m̤àN — Correct; true; right; glass; mirror

ကြီး

tɕí: — Big; large; great; old; senior; major

ထိုး

hto: — To stab; to pierce; to inject; to poke

ထွင်း

htwìN: — To bore; to pierce through; to carve out

ပြည့်

pji̤ — Full; complete; filled; abundant

နှလုံး

n̤a̰.louN: — Heart (physical and emotional); mind; soul

သား

θá: — Son; child; offspring; flesh; meat

နှင့်

n̤ìN̤ — And; with; together with (conjunction)

စိတ်

seiʔ — Mind; heart; feeling; intention; thought

သင့်

θìN̤ — Should; ought to; suitable; appropriate

လျော်

ljɔ̀ — Appropriate; fitting; to wash (clothes)

ပို့

po̤ — To send; to deliver; to transport

နိုင်

naiN — Can; to be able; to win; to defeat

လျှို့

ʃo̤ — Secret; mysterious; hidden; confidential

ဝှက်

wheʔ — To hide; to conceal; to keep secret

ဖွင့်

pwìN̤ — To open; to turn on; to launch something

ရှိုင်း

ʃaiN: — Shallow; not deep; superficial

ကိုယ်

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

နစ်

niʔ — To sink; to be submerged; to drown

မွန်း

mwàN: — Midday; noon; to suffocate; to be stuffy

ကြ

tɕa̰ — Plural verb particle; to do together collectively

ကျယ်

tɕɛ̀ — Wide; broad; spacious; loud (of sound)

ပြန့်

pjàN̤ — Spread out; widespread; scattered widely

ကမ္ဘာ

kàmbà — World; earth; globe; universe

ပေါ်

pɔ̀ — On; above; surface; to appear; to emerge

နှိပ်

n̤eiʔ — To press; to push; to massage; to click

ပိုင်

paiN — To own; to possess; to belong to someone

သဘာဝ

θa̰.bà.wà — Nature; natural; innate character

ပိုင်း

paiN: — Part; section; division; to divide into

ခြား

tɕʰá: — Different; separate; other; distinct from

အစိတ်

a.seiʔ — Part; portion; component; section of whole

အပိုင်း

a.paiN: — Section; part; division of something larger

ရှာ

ʃà — To search; to look for; to seek out

ဖွေ

pwe — To search; to explore; to investigate thoroughly

ဟု

hu — Quotation marker meaning 'saying that; quote'

ဆက်

sweʔ — To continue; to connect; to contact; next

သွယ်

θwɛ̀ — To connect; indirect; winding; to communicate

တည်

tì — To establish; to be stable; to cook (rice)

စက်

seʔ — Machine; engine; device; to begin

ဝိုင်း

waiN: — Round; circle; to surround; to gather around

စုံ

souN — Complete; all kinds; a pair; thorough

သေ

θe — To die; dead; to be certain; definitely

လည်း

lɛ̀: — Also; too; as well; even (additive particle)

တို့

to̤ — Plural marker for pronouns; we; they; us

အရာ

a.jà — Thing; matter; object; affair; something

ရာ

jà — Hundred; place; nominalizing suffix; score

ခြင်း

tɕʰìN: — Abstract noun suffix; act of doing something

သိပ်

θeiʔ — Very; extremely; too much; to store tightly

လှ

l̤a̰ — Beautiful; pretty; handsome; lovely

ပေ

pe — Foot (unit); sentence-final particle; evident