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nau&, aux. verb, not used singly. 



naun, pron., thou ; naun-hni, ye (dual) ; naun me, ye (plural). 

 B. ne, n., a day from sunrise to sunset ; 2, conjunctive particle, with, 



and. 

 B. nei, v., to knead, or press into (as salt into fish), 



ney, v., to twist, wring out (as clothes). 



nguap, v., to watch, guard. 



ni, demon, pron., this ; — khoa, adv., now, this time. 



— kha, adv., thus ; — kha shi na, adv., therefore. 

 — - Ion a, adv., also ; post pos., besides. 



B. nie, v., to attend to, listen, obey. 

 non, n., a buffalo. 



e, to offer to the buffalo spirit, (lit. to eat buffalo). 



nu, v., to be abundant. 



o. 



B. o, v., to be dumb. 



B. o, adj., pleasant, charming ; vocative particle. 



oam, n., vegetables, pottage ; — am, n., the cooking vessel, and 



— am teap, it., its cover. 



oap, v., to be fragrant, sweet smelling, 

 on, v., to remain, rest ; — duam, resting-place, seat. 

 op, v., to cut as with a knife. 



oyuam, ii., a necklace ; — raon, the beads of a necklace ; — yoi, 

 the thread on which the beads are strung. 



P. 



pakri, ii., a green and gold beetle, a species of Huprestis. 



pau, n., a word, speech ; hbo, v. to speak. 



paung, v., to cling, adhere to. 



paya, n., a wife ; — san, the wife first taken ; — di, the second 

 wife. 



payo, n., a bird ; — bii, a bird's nest ; — hmo, a bird's feather. 



payii, n., a rat or mouse. 



pei, v., to fly as a bird or as sparks of fire ; 2, to steer as a boat. 

 B. pi, interrog. pron., what ; — hio, how much or many (pronounced 



by the southern Khyengs as ' pshaw'). 

 B. — kuk, how much or many (be hnit ko, Burm.') 

 B. piang, v., to repair, put in order. 



pio, or pia&, v., to cleanse, wash. 

 B. pium, v., to be straight. 



plo, adj., shallow as water. 



