Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore — Page 6

Vocabulary

နောက်ဆုံး

nauk hsone: — Last, final, most recent

အပိုင်း

a paing: — Part, section, portion of something

ရှိ

shi. — To exist, to have, to be present

ဇာတ်လမ်း

zat lam: — Story, plot, narrative of a tale

များ

mya: — Many, plural marker, numerous things

သည်

thdi. — Grammatical topic marker or copula particle

အများဆုံး

a mya: hsone: — The most, maximum, greatest in number

ကြား

kja: — Between, among, to hear something

ရ

ya. — To get, obtain, or be able to

လေ့

leh. — Habit, tendency, to practice regularly

ပြီး

pyi: — After, finished, completed an action

ထို

hto. — That, those, referring to something distant

သို့

thdo. — To, toward, directional particle

ပြော

pyo — To speak, say, or tell something

ခဲ့

kheh. — Past tense marker, did previously

သည့်

thdi. — Relative clause marker, attributive particle

အတိုင်း

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

အားလုံး

a: lone: — All, everyone, everything without exception

က

ka. — Subject or agent marker particle

ကြ

kja. — Plural verb marker, do together collectively

ဤ

i. — This, formal demonstrative pronoun

အခြား

a khja: — Other, another, different from this

သော

thaw — Relative clause particle, which or that

ထက်

htak. — Than, more than, comparison particle

ပြင်ပ

pyin pa. — Outside, exterior, external area

သက်ရောက်မှု

thet yauk hmu — Impact, effect, influence on something

၏

ei. — Possessive particle, of, belonging to

သက်သေ

thet the — Evidence, proof, witness of something

ကို

ko — Object marker, direct object particle

များစွာ

mya: swa — Many, a great number, abundantly

ပို

po — More, even more, to excess

ပြသ

pya tha. — To show, display, demonstrate something

နေ

ne — To live, stay, reside; continuous marker

ကြောင်း

kjoun: — Reason, because, nominalizing clause particle

သာမန်

tha man — Ordinary, normal, common, average person

ဖတ်သူ

phat thu — Reader, one who reads text

ပင်

pin — Indeed, even, emphasis particle

သိသာ

thi tha — Noticeable, obvious, clearly apparent

ထင်ရှား

htin sha: — Famous, prominent, clearly visible, notable

အချို့

a choe. — Some, a few, certain ones

မှာ

hma — At, in, locative particle

မကြာ

ma kja — Not long, soon, not much time

သေးမီ

the: mi — Before long, not yet, prior to

နီးစပ်ရာ

ni: sap ya — Nearest available, approximate, roughly closest

ခရစ်ယာန်

khayit yan — Christian, relating to Christianity religion

ကူးပြောင်း

ku: pyoun: — To transfer, transition, convert to something

တို့

to. — Plural pronoun marker, we, they, us

ထံ

htan — To, toward a person, at someone

မှ

hma. — From, since, source particle

ငှား

hnga: — To rent, borrow, lend something

ယူ

yu — To take, carry, bring along

ထား

hta: — To keep, place, put aside

ဟန်

han — Style, manner, appearance, posture

တူ

tu — Similar, same, to resemble something

ဒဏ္ဍာရီ

dan da ya ri — Legend, myth, folklore tale

ခေတ်

khет. — Era, age, period of time

ကာလ

ka la — Period, time, era, duration

ယဉ်ကျေးမှု

yin kje: hmu — Culture, civilization, cultural practices

ပြန်လည်

pyan lyi. — Again, back, returning to previous state

တည်ဆောက်

ti hsauk. — To build, construct, establish something

ခြင်း

khyin: — Nominalizer suffix, the act of doing

ပထမ

pa hta ma. — First, primary, at the beginning

တွင်

twin — In, inside, within, locative particle

ဇာတ်ဆောင်

zat hsoun — Main character, protagonist of a story

မကြာခဏ

ma kja kha na. — Often, frequently, repeatedly happening

ပေါ်

pau — On, upon, to appear, surface

ထွက်

htwet. — To exit, come out, emerge

သူ

thu — He, she, that person, third person

အမြဲတမ်း

a mje: tam: — Always, constantly, all the time

ဦးဆောင်

u: hsoun — To lead, head, spearhead a group

အခန်း

a khan: — Room, chapter, section of a building

ကဏ္ဍ

kan da. — Section, field, domain, category

ဖော်ပြ

hpau pya. — To describe, indicate, present information

ပါ

pa — Polite particle, also, included, please

မတူညီ

ma tu nyi — Different, not the same, unlike

အမည်

a myi. — Name, title, appellation of someone

အမျိုးမျိုး

a myo: myo: — Various kinds, different types, diverse

ဖြင့်

phyin. — With, by means of, using instrumental

လာ

la — To come, approach, arrive here

တစ်ဦး

ta ti: — One person, a single individual

တည်း

ti: — Only, alone, limiting emphasis particle

အတွက်

a twet. — For, for the sake of, regarding

တစ်ပုဒ်

ta put. — One piece, one composition, one item

ဘွဲ့

bwe. — Title, degree, honorific name given

ခေါ်ဝေါ်

khau wau — To call, name, refer to someone

ဆို

hso — To say, called, quotative particle

နာမည်

na myi. — Name, given name of a person

နှစ်ခု

hnit khu. — Two things, a pair of items

သို့မဟုတ်

thdo ma hout. — Or, otherwise, alternatively stated

အသုံးပြု

a thone: pyu. — To use, utilize, make use of

ရှုပ်ထွေးမှု

shout htwè: hmu — Confusion, complexity, complication in something

ရှောင်ရှား

shaun sha: — To avoid, evade, steer clear of

ရန်

yan — In order to, for the purpose of

အဓိက

a di ka. — Main, primary, most important thing

ဦး

u: — Head, person counter, honorific prefix

စာရင်း

sa yin: — List, record, account, inventory

နှင့်

hnin. — And, with, together with something

သူတို့

thu to. — They, them, those people

ဆက်နွှယ်

hset nwe — To relate to, connect, be associated

မှု

hmu — Nominalizer suffix indicating action or matter

ပူးတွဲ

pu: twe — Together, jointly, combined attachment

ဇယား

za ya: — Table, chart, grid of information