Dai Lue - English


ᦅᦰᦅᦰkaʔ⁵kaʔ⁵post-verbstill; not movingᦀᦱᧉ ᦷᦉᧇ ᦑᦸᧂᦰ ᦙᧃ ᧞ ᦖᦹᧃ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦅᦰ ᦅᦰ.They stared at her open-mouthed and stood there 'ka-ka'.7.2.7Not moving
ᦅᦰᦟᦸᧇᦅᦰᦶᦟᧇkalɔp⁵kalæp⁵onomatopoeiasound of running7.2.1.1.1Run2.3.2.3Types of sounds
ᦅᦎkataʔ²2000noundollᦅᦸᧉ2ᦀᦳᧄᧉ ᦅ ᦎ.She carried her doll.4.2.7Play, fun
ᦅᦎᦲᦰkatiʔ²nounlesson; example3.6.4Class, lesson
ᦅᦏᦱkatʰaa¹nounincantation4.9.4Miracle, supernatural power
ᦅᦏᦲᧃkatʰin¹nounKathina festival at the end of Vassa. [Note: The Kathina festival is marked by gifts to monks, especially gifts of new robes.]ᦞᧆᦉᦱ 14.2.2.2Festival, show4.9.7.5Buddhism
ᦅᦘkapʰaʔ⁵nounbodily sac, including stomach, bladder, bowel, placentaᦐᦽᧈ 32.1.8Internal organsᦅᦘᦣᦴᦷᦍᦒᦟᦳᧂᦅᦘ
ᦅᦘᦣᦴᦷᦍkapʰaʔ⁵huu⁴joo⁴nounuterus; womb2.1.8.4Female organsᦅᦘᦣᦴᦷᦍ
ᦅᦟᦸᧂᧉkalɔŋ⁶nounechoᦵᦑᦲᧄᧉ ᦷᦃ ᦠᧃᧉ ᦵᦉᧂ ᦅ ᦟᦸᧂᧉ ᦶᦓᧃ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦌᦱᧁᧉ ᦌᦱᧁᧉ.Under the bridge the sound of echoes was loud.2.3.2.2Sound
ᦅᦟᦹᧃᧉkalɯn⁶onomatopoeiaboom; sound of a cannon firing4.8.3.7Weapon, shoot2.3.2.3Types of sounds
ᦅᦟᦱᧆkalaat⁵verb (intransitive)to slip; slip offᦎᦲᧃ ᦅ ᦟᦱᧆ ᦉᦲᧉ ᦷᦟᧆ.Her feet slipped into the bicycle spokes.7.2.1.5.1Slip, slideᦟᦱᧆ2
ᦅᦱ1kaa⁴500final particleparticle used with yes/no questions that anticipate a positive answerᦣᧁ ᧒ ᦵᦃᦲ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦉ ᦠᦻ ᦂᧃ ᦡᦲ ᦅᦱ?Why shouldn't we two be friends?ᦂᦴ ᦙᦱ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦕᦴᧉ ᦉ ᦃᦲᦰ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦱ?I can be a witness, can't I?ᦂᦲᧃ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦶᦟᧂ ᧟ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦌᦽᧈ ᦙᦹ ᧞ ᦅᦱ?After you ate dinner you didn't wash your hands, did you?ᦀᧁ ᦔᦱ ᦚᧂ ᦺᦞᧉ ᦣᦲᧄ ᦂᦸ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦐᦲᧉ ᦡᦲ ᦅᦱ?Why don't we bury the fish by this tree?ᦟᦴᧅ ᦣᧅ ᦵᦂᦲᧆᧈ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦂᧇ ᦟᦴᧅ ᦑᦱᧃᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦡᦲ ᦅᦱ?If we can't have a child, wouldn't it be good to adopt somebody else's child?9.4.3.3Interrogative 9.4.6.2Markers expecting an affirmative answerᦢᧁᧈᦅᦱ
ᦅᦱ2kaa⁴20001verb (transitive)to be stuck to; stuck inᦃᧁ ᦦᦱᧂ ᦈᦸᧉ ᦂᦲᧂᧈ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦅᦱ ᦺᦞᧉ.The deer's horns got stuck in some branches.8.2.7.3Wedged in, stuck2nounstocks for imprisonmentᦐᦽᧈ 3ᦃᧁᧉ ᦆᦸᧅ ᦏᦳᧅ ᦅᦱ.He is in jail in the stocks.4.7.7.3Imprisonᦊᦱᧉᦐᦲᧇᧈᦅᦲᧇᦅᦱ
ᦅᦱ3kaa⁴nouncar; vehicleᦅᧃ2 2ᦃᧁ ᦙᦲ ᦇᦹᧃ, ᦺᦔ ᦑᦱᧂ ᦺᦡ, ᦃᦲᧈ ᦅᦱ ᦷᦟᧆ ᦶᦂᧁᧉ.They have lots of money, wherever they go, they ride in fancy cars.7.2.4.1.1VehicleEnglishcar
ᦅᦱ4kaa⁴verb (transitive)to carry on one's hipᦺᦔ ᦓᦱ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦀᧁ ᦢᦸᧃ ᦅᦱ ᦃᦱᧂᧉ.When you go to the fields bring back taro carried on your side.7.3.1Carry
ᦅᦱᧈ1kaa⁵5001pre-verbonly; merelyᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦀᦱᧉ ᦷᦉᧇ ᦺᦞᧉ.The king could only gape. ᦃᧁ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦗᦱ ᦂᧃ ᦗᦸᧅ ᦙᦱ ᦀᧁ ᦺᦝ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ.All they could do was go back and fetch some fire from home.8.1.5.7Only2prepositiononly; nothing but; justᦵᦣᧆ ᦉᧂ? ᦌᦹᧉ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦗᦸᧇ.What did you do? All I did was buy a book. OR All I bought was a book. ᦵᦂᦲᧆ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦓᦸᧂᧉ ᦍᦲᧂ ᦜᦱᧉ ᦍᧂ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦀᧁ ᦷᦕ ᦵᦑᦲᧈ.There remained only the youngest who wasn't married yet.9.4.4.7Just, almost not8.1.5.7Onlyᦷᦂᦅᦱᧈᦅᦱᧈᦞᦱᧈᦋᦴᧈᦅᦱᧈᦷᦋᧈᦅᦱᧈᦎᦱᧄᦅᦱᧈᦑᦹᧂᦅᦱᧈᦓᧅᦅᦱᧈᦔᦻᦅᦱᧈᦗᦸᦅᦱᧈᦙᦸᧅᦅᦱᧈᦜᦻᦅᦱᧈᦡᦸᧄᦅᦱᧈᦢᧁᧈᦅᦱᧈ
ᦅᦱᧈ2kaa⁵2000nounprice; cost; valueᦠᦸᧄ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦆᧄ ᦜᦲᧄᧉ ᧚.He saved up the price for a bar of gold.ᦏᦱᧄ ᦀᧁ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦑᦱᧃᧈ.They asked for payment from him.6.8.4.3Priceᦃᧃᦅᦱᧈᦃᦹᧃᧉᦅᦱᧈᦅᦱᧈᦂᦲᧃᦑᦱᧂᦅᦱᧈᦃᧃᦅᦱᧈᦈᦱᧂᧉᦅᦱᧈᦉᦲᧃᦅᦱᧈᦍᦾᧈᦶᦙᦅᦱᧈᦷᦎᧅᦐᧅᦅᦱᧈᦑᦱᧂᦅᦱᧈᦷᦔᦅᦱᧈᦟᦃᧃᦅᦱᧈᦷᦟᧆᦅᦱᧈᦷᦠᦅᦱᧈᦺᦡᦅᦱᧈᦶᦣᧂᦷᦅᧃᦅᦱᧈᦖᧃᧉᦅᦱᧈᦶᦗᧂᦅᦱᧈᦟᦳᧂᦅᦱᧈᦠᦱᦅᦱᧈᦢᧁᧈᦺᦡᧉᦢᧁᧈᦀᦸᧅᧈᦅᦱᧈ
ᦅᦱᧉkaa⁶2000verb (transitive)to sell; engage in trade; do businessᦠᦹᧉ ᦃᦱᧉ ᦙᦱ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦑᦲᧈ ᦐᦲᧉ.He told me to come and do business in this city.6.8.4.2Sellᦶᦀᧁᧈᦎᧁᧉᦵᦑᧁᦅᦱᧉᦂᦱᧃᦅᦱᧉᦃᦸᧂᦅᦱᧉᦅᦱᧉᦃᦻᦅᦱᧉᦔᦲᧆᦅᦱᧉᦔᦸᧆᦅᦳᧃᦅᦱᧉᦷᦆᦅᦱᧉᦑᦱᧂᦅᦱᧉᦑᦹᧃᦅᦱᧉᦗᦸᧈᦅᦱᧉᦶᦙᧈᦅᦱᧉᦷᦣᧂᦅᦱᧉ
ᦅᦱᧉᦃᦻkaa⁶xaaj¹2000verb (intransitive)to buy and sell; engage in trade (can be separated)ᦃᦱᧉ ᦎᦴ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦂᦑᧄ ᦣᦻᧉ ᦎᦸᧈ ᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦉᧂ, ᦗᦸ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦙᦱ ᦃᦻ.We have not come to do any evil against the king, we have come only to trade.6.8.4Financial transactionᦅᦱᧉᦃᦻᦂᦱᧃᦅᦱᧉᦃᦻᦅᦱᧉᦺᦎᧉᦃᦻᦵᦐᦲᦅᦱᧉᦓᦾᧉᦃᦻᦀᦸᧃᧈᦅᦳᧃᦅᦱᧉᦃᦻᦅᦳᧃᦅᦱᧉᦅᦳᧃᦃᦻᦷᦆᦅᦱᧉᦷᦆᦃᦻᦋᦸᧂᧈᦅᦱᧉᦑᦱᧂᦃᦻᦌᦹᧉᦺᦏᧈᦅᦱᧉᦃᦻᦷᦎᧅᦅᦱᧉᦟᦳᧂᦃᦻᦑᦱᧂᦅᦱᧉᦃᦻᦑᦱᧂᦅᦱᧉᦑᦱᧂᦃᦻᦗᦸᧈᦅᦱᧉᦓᦻᦃᦻ
ᦅᦱᧈᦃᧃkaa⁵xan¹nounwages; salaryᦅᦱᧈ ᦃᧃ ᦈᦱᧂᧉ ᦙᧃ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦵᦡᦲᧃ ᦺᦐ ᦵᦃᧈ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦗᧃ.For wages he pays them each 1000 yuan per month.6.8.4.5Payᦅᦱᧈ2ᦃᧃ3
ᦅᦱᦅᦱkaa⁴kaa⁴onomatopoeiasound of a crowᦂᦱ ᦈᧇ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦔᦻ ᦺᦙᧉ ᧞ ᦣᦸᧂᧉ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦅᦱ ᦅᦱ.The crow grasped the twig and sang 'kaa-kaa'.1.6.4.3Animal sounds2.3.2.3Types of sounds
ᦅᦱᧈᦉᦲᧃkaa⁵sin¹nounvalue (can be separated)ᦙᦱᧉ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦉᦲᧃ.Horses are valuable.6.8.4.3Priceᦅᦱᧈ2ᦉᦲᧃ3
ᦅᦱᧈᦍᦾᧈᦶᦙkaa⁵jɔj⁵mææ⁴nounrepair feeᦢᧁᧈ ᦀᧁ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦍᦾᧈ ᦶᦙ.He won't accept a fee for making repairs.7.9.4Repairᦅᦱᧈ2ᦍᦾᧈᦶᦙ