Burmese Word List101 Languages

The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Burmese language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.

English	Romanization
I	nga, kyok
you sg	nin, min:
he	thu
we	do., kyokto.
you pl	nindo.
they	thudo., thumya:
this	da, di
that	ho, hto
here	dihma
there	hohma, htohma
who	băthu
what	ba
where	bè
when	bèdaw., bèdoun:ga.
how	bè
not	mă…bu:
all	a:loun:
many	mya:, mya:gyi:
some	ăcho.
few	nè:
other	ăcha:
one	tit
two	hnit
three	thon:
four	le:
five	nga:
big	kyi:, kyi:ma:
long	she, shemyaw
wide	kyè, kyèwun:
thick	htudè:
heavy	le:, le:lan
small	the:, nok
short	pu., to
narrow	kyin:, kyin:kyat
thin	pa:, kyè:
woman	mein:ma.
man (adult male)	yaukkya:
man (human being)	lu
child	hkăle:
wife	măya:
husband	lin
mother	ăme, ămi.
father	ăhpe, ăhpa.
animal	tăreikhsan
fish	nga:
bird	hnget
dog	hkwe:
louse	than:
snake	mwe
worm	tigaung, than-gaung
tree	thitpin
forest	taw:, thittaw:
stick	dok
fruit	thitthi:, ăthi:
seed	ăsi.
leaf	ăywet
root	myit, ămyit
bark (of a tree)	ăhkauk
flower	pan:, ăpwin.
grass	myet
rope	kyo:, lun
skin	ăye-ăgun, ăye
meat	ătha:
blood	thwe:
bone	ăyo:
fat (noun)	ăhsi
egg	u.
horn	gyo, u:gyo
tail	ămi:
feather	ătaung
hair	hsan, hsăbin, ămwe:
head	gaung:
ear	na:, năywet
eye	myetsi.
nose	hna, hnăhkaung:
mouth	păzat, hnok
tooth	thwa:
tongue (organ)	sha
fingernail	letthè:
foot	che
leg	chedauk, ăpaung
knee	du:, du:gaung:
hand	let
wing	taungban
belly	baik
guts	u
neck	lèbin:
back	kyaw:
breast	yin, yinbat
heart	hnălon:, ăthè:hnălon:
liver	ăthè:, uma.gyiː
to drink	thauk
to eat	sa:
to bite	kaik
to suck	sok
to spit	htwe:
to vomit	an, aw.
to blow	hmok
to breathe	shu, shushaik
to laugh	yi
to see	twe., myin
to hear	kya:
to know	thi., tat, thi.shi.
to think	htin, twe:, sin:za:
to smell	nan:
to fear	kyauk
to sleep	eik
to live	ăthetshin, ne
to die	the, hson:, kwèlun
to kill	that, that-hpyat
to fight	taik, yanhpyit
to hunt	ămè:laik
to hit	yaik
to cut	hnyat
to split	hkwè:
to stab	hto:
to scratch	kok
to dig	tu:
to swim	yeku:
to fly	pyan
to walk	shauk
to come	la
to lie (as in a bed)	hlè:, lyaung:
to sit	htaing
to stand	yat
to turn (intransitive)	hlè., cho:
to fall	kya.
to give	pe:
to hold	kaing
to squeeze	hnyit
to rub	put
to wash	hse:
to wipe	thok
to pull	hswè:
to push	tun:
to throw	pyit
to tie	chi
to sew	chok
to count	ye-twet
to say	pyaw:, hso, hu
to sing	hso
to play	hsaw., găza:
to float	myaw:, paw
to flow	si:
to freeze	hkè:
to swell	hpu:, yaung
sun	ne
moon	la.
star	kyè
water	ye
rain	mo:
river	myit
lake	kan, in:
sea	pinle, annăwa
salt	hsa:
stone	kyauk
sand	thè:
dust	hpon
earth	mye
cloud	tein
fog	myu
sky	mo:
wind	le
snow	hnin:, hnin:gè:
ice	yegè:
smoke	ăhko:
fire	mi:
ash	pya
to burn	sho., laung
road	lan:
mountain	taung
red	ni
green	sein:
yellow	wa
white	hpyu
black	mè:, net
night	nya.
day	ne.
year	hnit
warm	pu, nwe:
cold	e:, chan:
full	pye.
new	thit
old	haung:, o
good	kaung:
bad	hso:
rotten	pok
dirty	nyit-hti:
straight	hpyaung., sin:
round	waing:, lon:
sharp (as a knife)	chun, chunhtet
dull (as a knife)	ton:
smooth	chaw:, mut
wet	so, shwè:
dry	chauk
correct	hman
near	ni
far	we:kwa
right	nya

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