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parts of speech—adjectives.
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အစောင် (uncertain). Writings, as စာ​သုံး​စောင်, three books, or writings.
အဆူ (uncertain). Deities, as ဘုရား​လေး​ဆူ four gods; also [gardens, St.] pagodas, and some other articles.
အဆောင်, a building. Buildings, as အိမ်​ငါး​ဆောင်, five houses.
အတန်, intervening space. Whatever occurs at intervals of time or place, as အကျိုး​ခြောက်​တန်, six rewards.
အထည်, a piece of cloth. Wearing apparel, as အင်္ကျီ​ခု​နှစ်​ထည်, seven coats.
အပင်, a tree or plant. Trees, plants, as သရက်​ပင်​ရှစ်​ပင်, eight mango trees; also thread, hair, &c.
အပါး (uncertain). Deities, ecclesiatics, persons in power, any respectable characters, things immaterial, as ဆရာကိုးပါး, nine teachers, သီလ​ဆယ်​ပါး, ten duties.
အပြား, what is flat. Things which are flat, as ပျည်​တ​ပြား, one board.
အဖက်, one of a pair. Things which are naturally joined in pairs, as လက်​နှစ်​ဖက်, two hands.
အလက်, an arm, or hand. Weapons, tools, whatever is used by the hand, as သေ​နတ်​သုံး​လက်, three guns.
အလုံး, what is round. Things round or cubical, or approaching those forms, as အိုး​လေး​လုံး, four pots, သစ်​တာ​ငါး​လုံး, five boxes.