ᦂᦲᧃ ᦵᦈᧂ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦍᦱᧂkin¹ceŋ¹kin¹jaaŋ⁴verb (intransitive)to celebrate new nearᦍᦱᧄ ᦵᦙᦲᧈ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦵᦈᧂ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦍᦱᧂ ᦓᧃᧉ, ᦉ ᦏᦱᧇ ᦁᧃ ᦐᧄ ᦇᦱᧄ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦺᦓ ᦔᦸᧂᧈ ᦶᦂᧁᧉ ᦶᦉᧂᧈ ᦃᦻ ᦷᦆ.When we were celebrating new year there was beautiful snow on the glass shop windows.8.4.1.6Yearᦂᦲᧃᦵᦈᧂᦍᦱᧂ1
ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲxoop²pii¹nounyear (can be separated)ᦙᧃ ᦺᦊᧈ ᦐᦱᧉ ᦙᦱ ᧟ ᦁᦱ ᦍᦳ ᦺᦡᧉ ᧑᧖ ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲ. He had grown to 16 years old.ᦃᧁ ᦀᧁ ᦂᧃ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᧚ ᦔᦲ ᦔᦻ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦂᦲᧆᧈ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦟᦴᧅ ᦅᦸᧉ ᧚.They had been married for over a year and she gave birth to a child.8.4.1.6Yearᦷᦃᧇᧈᦔᦲ1ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲ ᧑᧒ ᦵᦡᦲᧃᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦺᦔ ᦔᦲ ᦙᦱᦛᦻᧉ ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦛᦻᧉ ᦔᦲ
ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲ ᧑᧒ ᦵᦡᦲᧃxoop²pii¹sip²sɔŋ¹dɤn¹nounall year longᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲ ᧑᧒ ᦵᦡᦲᧃ ᦙᦲ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦵᦉᦲᧉ ᦵᦎᧁᧈ ᦶᦊᧂ ᦃᧄ ᦷᦎ ᦵᦆᦲᧂᧈ ᦵᦡᧁ.All year long he wore only one set of clothing.ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲ ᧑᧒ ᦵᦡᦲᧃ ᦵᦞ ᦟᦱ ᦣᦸᧃᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦙᦲ ᧖ ᦏᦹᧂ ᧗ ᦵᦡᦲᧃ.Throughout the year there are six or seven months of hot weather.8.4.1.6Yearᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲᦉᦲᧇ ᦉᦸᧂᦵᦡᦲᧃ1
ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦺᦔ ᦔᦲ ᦙᦱxoop²paj¹pii¹maa⁴nounevery year; year in and year outᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦺᦔ ᦔᦲ ᦙᦱ ᦀᦸᧅᧈ ᦺᦔ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦈᦱᧂᧉ ᦵᦗᦲᧃᧈ.Year in and year out he went and worked for hire.8.4.1.6Yearᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲᦺᦔ ᦙᦱ
ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦩᦾᧈxoop²xwɔj⁵nounanniversaryᦶᦑᧆ ᦵᦙᦲᧈ ᦉᦴ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦎᧂᧉ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦺᦡᧉ ᧑᧐ ᦔᦲ ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦩᦾᧈ ᦓᦲᦰ, ᦶᦎᧄᧉ ᦟᦻ ᦀᦳᧃᧈ ᦑᦳᧃ ᦉᦴ ᦈᧁᧉ.On the occasion of your organization completing your tenth anniversary, we are writing this letter to congratulate you.8.4.1.6Yearᦷᦃᧇᧈᦩᦾᧈ
ᦉᧂ ᦃᦱᧃ1saŋ¹xaan¹2000nounsangxan; a Tai solar year (which begins on April 13). [Note: ᦉᧂ ᦃᦱᧃ refers also to the new year celebration on April 13-15. On April 13 the sun enters the constellation Aries. See ᦔᦲ 'year' for more about the Tai calendar.]ᦔᦲ11ᦉᧂ ᦃᦱᧃ ᦔᦲ ᦺᦖᧈ ᦺᦑ.Tai new year.ᦵᦡᦲᧃ ᧖ ᦉᧂ ᦃᦱᧃ ᦔᦲ ᦺᦖᧈ.The sangkhan new year in month 6 (the solar year starts in the sixth month of the lunar year).ᦁᦱ ᦍᦳ ᦉᧂ ᦃᦱᧃ.One's age in Tai years (which increases on April 13th every year).8.4.1.8Special days8.4.1.6Yearᦞᧃ ᦉᧂ ᦃᦱᧃ ᦟᦸᧂᧈSanskritsankrantimove out
ᦔᦲ ᦷᦎᧅ ᦵᦡᦲᧃ ᦏᦻᧈpii¹tok²dɤn¹tʰaaj²verb (intransitive)years pass byᦔᦲ ᦷᦎᧅ ᦵᦡᦲᧃ ᦏᦻᧈ, ᦙᧃ ᦺᦊᧈ ᦐᦱᧉ ᦙᦱ ᧟ ᦁᦱ ᦍᦳ ᦺᦡᧉ ᧑᧖ ᦔᦲ.The years passed by and he had grown to 16 years old.8.4.1.6Yearᦔᦲ1ᦷᦎᧅᦵᦡᦲᧃ1ᦏᦻᧈ2
ᦔᦲ1pii¹5001nounyear. [Note: The Tai lunar year starts with the new moon in October. The Tai solar year is figured by the ᦈᦳᧃ ᦟ ᦉᧅ ᦂ ᦟᦱ ᦋ Culasakarat or 'little era' calendar. The CS year begins on April 13, when the sun enters the constellation Aries. CS 1 = AD 639-640; CS 1362 = AD 2000-2001. Solar years are given names using the intersection of a 10-year cycle ᦶᦙᧈ ᦂᦱᧇ ᦺᦈᧉ mææ⁵kaap²caj³, and a 12-year cycle ᦶᦙᧈ ᦔᦲ mææ⁵pii¹. This gives a cycle of sixty unique names. The Gregorian calendar is also commonly used. See ᦵᦡᦲᧃ dɤn¹ 'month' for more information about the calendar.]ᦈᦳᧃ ᦟ ᦉᧅ ᦂ ᦟᦱ ᦋᦉᧂ ᦃᦱᧃ1ᦉᧅ ᦃᦱᧆ 1ᦶᦙᧈ ᦂᦱᧇ ᦺᦈᧉᦶᦙᧈ ᦔᦲᦵᦡᦲᧃ12ᦔᦲ ᦂᦻ. Last year.ᦔᦲ ᦐᦱᧉ.Next year.ᦔᦲ ᧒᧐᧑᧙ ᦷᦎ.The year 2019.ᦔᦲ ᦟᦻ ᦶᦉᧃ.A 'laaj saen' year. [Note: 'laaj' is the third year in the ten-year cycle; 'saen' is the ninth year in the twelve-year cycle. In this way there is a name for each year in the 60-year cycle. The 'laaj-saen' years are AD 2076, 2016, 1956, 1896, 1836, 1776, 1716, 1656, etc.]8.4.1.6Year2classifierclassifier for yearsᦁᦱ ᦍᦳ ᦺᦡᧉ ᧑᧖ ᦔᦲ.He was sixteen years old.9.2.6.1Classifiersᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲᦃᧁᧉ ᦔᦲᦓᦱ ᦔᦲᦔᦲ ᦂᦻ ᦔᦲ ᦂᦸᧃᧈᦔᦲ ᦂᦸᧃᧈᦔᦲ ᦌᦹᧃᦔᦲ ᦷᦎᧅ ᦵᦡᦲᧃ ᦏᦻᧈᦔᦲ ᦺᦓᦔᦲ ᦺᦖᧈᦔᦲ ᦵᦡᦲᧃ ᦞᧃ ᦍᦱᧄᦷᦙᧂᧈ ᦗᧃ ᦔᦲᦛᦻᧉ ᦔᦲ ᦛᦻᧉ ᦷᦋᧈᦜᦱᧉ ᦔᦲᦝᦱᧉ ᦶᦟᧂᧉ ᦔᦲ ᦵᦃᧄᦝᦱᧉ ᦡᦲ ᦔᦲ ᦏᦳᧅᧈᦞᧃ ᦔᦱᧅ ᦔᦲᦷᦠ ᦔᦲ1ᦠᦱᧂ ᦔᦲ