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hpo, v., to arrive. 



hpo, v., to sow broad cast. 



hpo, n., a snake, serpent. 



hpoha, n., a husband. 



hpo i, n., cotton ; — yong, the cotton plant ; — hte, the cot- 

 ton pod ; — nzi, cotton seed ; — pe, dressed cotton ; 

 — hdeurc, a bundle of cotton thread ; — hdeum shuan, to 

 dye cotton thread. 



hpuan, adj., level. 



htek, 11., a brute animal ; exponent particle for fish. 



hti or nhti, n., iron. 



htin or hten, n., a tree ; — haung, n. sap. 



hto, n., an arrow ; v., to change. 

 B. htum, num. adj., three. 



hau, v., to speak, talk. 



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B. iam, n., a house, dwelling ; — sho, the verandah ; — kaduVc, the 

 inner or sleeping apartment ; — go, the first or cooking-room. 

 B. \Jc, v., to sleep ; ■ — duam, n., a bed. 



K. 



ka, contracted form of first personal pronoun. 



kadi, n., the mantis religiosa. 



kadu/^, n., an inside part, a room. 



kahni, n., the sun, the sky, a day ; — Mil, v., to set, as the sun ; 



— sauk, v., to shine, as the sun. 

 nkap, v., to hawk, clear the throat. 

 ka£, v., to weep, cry. 



khlo, n., the moon, lunar month ; — hte, to wax ; B. — luam, 

 to wane ; — yoi, the halo round the moon ; — wa, to shine 

 as the moon, n. moon shine ; — soa£, to rise ; — pie, full 

 moon, 

 khlaung, n., a man, mankind ; — ha^, a shrewd, sharp fellow ; — so, 

 a child, a youth ; — hli, a braggart, boaster, liar ; — gan, 

 a strong powerful man, athlete ; — gon, a lean man ; 

 — oo, a dumb man ; — zam, an elder, 

 khlaung a, qual. affix (with ' n' prefixed to verbal root), before, as 



' nlo khlaung a ' oefore coming. 

 kho, aux. verb, to be able, can ; n. t an aperture, 

 khoa, n., time, 

 kho-a, n., country, region, 

 khoa, ii., dawn, light. 



