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are of similar import with the termination ဖွယ်, but used in a bad sense only. Several of these are sometimes combined, as ရွံ​စ​လိ, (စ euphonic,) ရွံ​စ​ဖွယ်​လိ, ရွံ​ဖွယ်​လိ​ခ​မန်း, what is disgusting.

The terminations ခ​မန်း, according to another acceptation, ဘိ​နန်း or ဘ​နန်း, and မ​တတ် form verbals denoting nearness of accomplishment, occasionally taking လု before them, as လောင်​ခ​မန်း or လောင်​လု​ခ​မန်း, what is near burning; မြုပ်​လု​မ​တတ်, what is near sinking; ကုန်​မ​တတ်, nearly the whole.

The termination နိုး, နိုး​နိုး, or စ​နိုး, followed by a verb expressive of opinion, denotes what is likely to take place, sometimes admitting an affix of tense between itself and the root, as သ​င်္ဘော​ရောက်​နိုး​နိုး​ထင်​သည်, or ရောက်​မည်​နိုး​နိုးထင်​သည်, he thinks that the ship will probably arrive.

5. There are several other verbals, formed from nouns, which being obsolete, or never occurring in their full form, or in any other connection, cannot be so satisfactorily analyzed, as most of the preceding; thus the verbal in တုန်း, perhaps from အ​တုန်း, time being, denotes the