GLOSSARY 



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9, ko 



io, say, ta, say 



ii, say ta, say tit 



12, say hnit 



13, say thone 



(And so on) 



20, hna say 



21, hna say tit 



To accompany, like la d6 or 



like thwa d6 

 To be afraid, chouk d& or 



chouk pa d6 

 Age, athet 

 Air, wind, lay 

 To get the wind (scent) of, lay 



tike de 

 All, alon 

 Always, kha-dain 

 Animal, tha-goung 

 Another, tacha. 

 To arrive, youk d€ 

 Backwards, nouk-ko 

 Bad, ma-koung-boo 

 Bee, Peea 

 Behind, nouk-ma 

 Belly, wiin 

 Below, Ouk-ma 

 Big, gyee 

 Bird, hnet 

 Blood, too-ay 



To bolt, run away, pyay de 

 To bring, yu-gay 

 Bullock, nwa 



A pair of bullocks, nwa-ta-shin 

 But, tho-thaw-lay 

 Bullet, kay 

 Cat, choung 

 Call, kaw 



30, thone say 



31, thone say tit 



40, lay say 



41, lay say tit 

 50, nga. say 



(And so on) 

 100, ta-ya 



Can (to be able), nain di 



Careful, tha-deeta 



Cart, hl6 



Cheroot (Burmese), say-lake 



Coat, ane-gyee 



Colour, a-young 



Come, la 



Come back, pyan la, 



To come out, appear (of an 



animal), twet di 

 To cut, lop, kou(k) 

 Daily, nay-dain 

 Darkness, mochok 

 Day, nay 

 Day-bef ore-yesterday, ta. mya 



nay-ga 

 Day after to-morrow, ta. 



bek-a. 

 Difficult, ket-t6 

 To do, lok t6 

 Dog, kway 

 Down, ouk-ma 

 Droppings, chee 

 Early, saw-zaw 

 Easy, lway di 

 Eat, sa de 

 Egg, 00 or che(t) 00 

 Enough, Taw-bee 

 Evening, neea-nay 

 Far, way d6 



