parts of speech—adjectives.
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အစောင် (uncertain). | Writings, as စာသုံးစောင်, three books, or writings. |
အဆူ (uncertain). | Deities, as ဘုရားလေးဆူ four gods; also [gardens, St.] pagodas, and some other articles. |
အဆောင်, a building. | Buildings, as အိမ်ငါးဆောင်, five houses. |
အတန်, intervening space. | Whatever occurs at intervals of time or place, as အကျိုးခြောက်တန်, six rewards. |
အထည်, a piece of cloth. | Wearing apparel, as အင်္ကျီခုနှစ်ထည်, seven coats. |
အပင်, a tree or plant. | Trees, plants, as သရက်ပင်ရှစ်ပင်, eight mango trees; also thread, hair, &c. |
အပါး (uncertain). | Deities, ecclesiatics, persons in power, any respectable characters, things immaterial, as ဆရာကိုးပါး, nine teachers, သီလဆယ်ပါး, ten duties. |
အပြား, what is flat. | Things which are flat, as ပျည်တပြား, one board. |
အဖက်, one of a pair. | Things which are naturally joined in pairs, as လက်နှစ်ဖက်, two hands. |
အလက်, an arm, or hand. | Weapons, tools, whatever is used by the hand, as သေနတ်သုံးလက်, three guns. |
အလုံး, what is round. | Things round or cubical, or approaching those forms, as အိုးလေးလုံး, four pots, သစ်တာငါးလုံး, five boxes. |