ᦉᧂ1saŋ¹ᦌᦱ25001interrogative pronounwhat; whichᦂᦲᧃ ᦉᧂ?What are you eating?ᦈᧁᧉ ᦙᧃ ᦋᦹᧈ ᦉᧂ?What is your name?9.2.3.4Question words2interrogative pronounwhyᦩᦻ ᦷᦎ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦉᧂ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦃᧁ ᦣᦱ?Why does this water buffalo have no horns?9.2.3.4Question words3demonstrative pronounany; anything; somethingᦙᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦅᧄ ᦉᧂ.She didn't say anything.ᦙᦹᧂ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦑᦲᧈ ᦷᦜᧈ ᦉᧂ.You don't have any desirable qualities.ᦵᦗᦲᧃᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦉᧂ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦣᦸᧂᧉ ᦺᦔ ᦡᦾᧉ.When they have something they will call you to go eat.9.2.3.2Indefinite pronounsᦎᦱᧄᦉᧂᦑᦲᧈᦉᧂᦵᦓᦲᧉᦐᧂᦙᧂᦉᧂᦔᦲᧃᦉᧂᦵᦖᦲᧃᦉᧂᦢᧁᧈᦉᧂᦵᦣᧆᦉᧂ
ᦉᧂᧈ1saŋ²20001verb (transitive)to commandᦖᦸ ᦊᦱ ᦉᧂᧈ ᦺᦞᧉ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦊᦱ.The doctor told me to take medicine.ᦉᧂᧈ ᦟᦴᧅ ᦎᦳᧃ ᦺᦞᧉ ᦞᦱᧈ: “ᦢᧁᧈ ᦏᦱᧉ ᦺᦔ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦺᦔ ᦃᦻ ᦺᦓ ᦵᦞᧂ ᦵᦓᦲ.”He told his son, 'You shouldn't go buying and selling in the city.'4.5.3.2Command2verb (transitive)to take leave ofᦵᦙᦲᧈ ᦡᦲ ᦉᧂᧈ ᦂᧃ ᦓᧃᧉ, ᦊᦲᧇ ᦙᦹ ᦀᦲᦰ ᦓᦱᧂ ᧞ ᦢᦲᧇᧈ ᦅᧄ ᧚.As they parted, he took her hand and gave it a squeeze.3.5.1.4.4Say farewell3classifierclassifier for commandsᦉᧂᧈ ᧑᧐ ᦉᧂᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦗᦲᧆ ᦈ ᦟᦰ ᦓᦱ ᦡᦲ.He commanded her ten times to be careful.9.2.6.1Classifiersᦅᧄᦉᧂᧈᦉᧂᧈᦁᧄᦟᦱᦉᧂᧈᦉᦸᧃᦉᧂᧈᦵᦐᧇᦵᦐᧇᦉᧂᧈ
ᦉᧂᦃᦊᦱᧇsaŋ¹xajaap²ᦉᧂᦃᦰᦊᦱᧇpost-verbvery; so very muchᦂᦱᧃ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦊᧈ ᦉᧂ ᦃ ᦊᦱᧇ.This isn't such a great matter.ᦙᧃ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦷᦎ ᦡᦲ ᦉᧂ ᦃ ᦊᦱᧇ.She wasn't so very beautiful.ᦠᦱ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦜᦻ ᦉᧂ ᦃ ᦊᦱᧇ.They couldn't find a very large amount.ᦏᦱᧂᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦂᦱᧃ ᦷᦜᧂ ᦉᧂ ᦃ ᦊᦱᧇ.I thought it must be something really big.9.3Very
ᦉᧂᦂᦱ1saŋ¹kaa¹2000verb (intransitive)to wonder; doubt; suspect; be sceptical; be suspiciousᦙᧃ ᦉᧂ ᦂᦱ ᦊᦴᧈ, ᦂᦴ ᦺᦋᧈ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦋᧈ ᦵᦑᧁ ᦜᦳᧂ ᦵᦠᦲᧃᧉ?He wondered, am I lost?ᦈᧇ ᦍᧇ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦉᧂ ᦂᦱ ᦕᦲᧆ ᦷᦑᧆ ᧖ ᦅᦳᧃ.They arrested six people suspected of crimes.ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦝᧂ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦉᧂ ᦂᦱ ᦅᧄ ᦟᦴᧅ ᦎᧁᧉ.The more he listened the more he doubted the word of his son.ᦅᧃ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦵᦓᦲᧉ ᦺᦖᧉ、 ᦺᦀ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦌᧁ, ᦉᧂ ᦂᦱ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦘᦰ ᦍᦱᧆ ᦟᦱᧄ ᦈᧇ.If they have a fever, and cough without stopping, you should suspect that they have a communicable disease.3.2.5.2Disbelief9.4.4.6Unsure3.2.5.3Doubtᦅᧄᦉᧂᦂᦱᦉᧂᦂᦱᦺᦈᦑᦲᧈᦉᧂᦂᦱᦩᦱᧄᦉᧂᦂᦱ
ᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦎᧂᧈsaaŋ³tæŋ²2000verb (transitive)to build; develop; improve (can be separated)ᦑᦱᧃᧈ ᦀᦸᧃ ᦷᦠ ᦷᦋ ᦗᦱ ᦗᦸᧈ ᦺᦣᧈ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦓᦱ ᧖ ᦣᦾᧉ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦉᦱᧂᧉ ᦶᦎᧂᧈ ᦠᦳᧃ ᦑᦱᧂ.He led a group of 600 farmers in building the road.ᦗᦸᧂᦰ ᦣᦸᧄ ᦇᦹᧃ ᦉᦱᧂᧉ ᦶᦎᧂᧈ ᦵᦖᦲᧂ ᦚᦻ ᧗ ᦣᦾᧉ ᦖᦹᧃᧈ ᦶᦍᧃᧉ.They have collected seven million yuan to develop irrigation.9.1.2.6Change something8.3.7.6Improve6.5Working with buildingsᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦎᧂᧈᦂᦱᧃᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦎᧂᧈ
ᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦔᧂsaaŋ³pæŋ¹verb (transitive)to manufacture; build (can be separated)ᦷᦣᧂ ᦂᦱᧃ ᦡᦹᧅ ᦌᧁ ᦉᦱᧂᧉ ᦶᦔᧂ.The factory ceased production.ᦉᦱᧂᧉ ᦶᦔᧂ ᦷᦃ ᦠᦲᧃ ᦀᦸᧅᧈ ᦙᦱ ᧑᧖ ᦑᦲᧈ.They built stone bridges in sixteen places.9.1.2.5Makeᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦔᧂᦂᦱᧃᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦔᧂᦗᦸᧅᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦔᧂ
ᦉᦲᧂᧈ1siŋ²1nounthingᦠᦹᧉ ᦉ ᦗᦰ ᦋᦴᧈ ᦉᦲᧂᧈ ᦗᦸᧅ ᦵᦖᦲᧃ ᦂᧁᧈ.He put everything back the way it was.9.1.3Thing2classifierclassifier for thingsᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦙᦲ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦉᦲᧂᧈ ᦇᦹᧃ ᦆᧄ.The king's city had thousands of things made of gold and silver.9.2.6.1Classifiersᦶᦉᧆᦉᦲᧂᧈᦉᦲᧂᧈᦃᦱᧁᧈᦉᦲᧂᧈᦃᦸᧂᦒᦱᧆᦉᦲᧂᧈ
ᦉᦲᧃᧉ1sin³20001nounlineᦃᦲᧆᧈ ᦉᦲᧃᧉ.Draw a line.8.3.1.2Line2nounnoodlesᦀᧁ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦀᧁ ᦉᦲᧃᧉ?Shall we eat rice or noodles?5.2.3.4Prepared food3classifierclassifier for lines (such as roads, rivers, thread, rope, bars, hair, feathers, blades of grass, noodles)ᦕᦳᧄ ᦷᦠ ᦉᦲᧃᧉ ᧚.A single hair.ᦎᦸᧅᧈ ᦉᦲᧇ ᦉᦲᧃᧉ.Ten strips of bamboo twine.ᦃᦳᧆ ᦵᦖᦲᧂ ᦺᦖᧈ ᧙ ᦉᦲᧃᧉ.They dug nine new irrigation canals.ᦉᦲᧃᧉ ᧚ ᦑᦱᧂ ᦣᦴ ᦕᦱ, ᦷᦟᧆ ᦔᦸᧂᧈ ᦶᦕᧁ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦟᦱᧉ.One road goes through a tunnel so cars can get through to Meng La.9.2.6.1Classifiersᦃᧁᧉᦓᦳᧄᦉᦲᧃᧉᦉᦲᧃᧉᦉᦻᦉᦲᧃᧉᦕᦳᧄᦉᦲᧃᧉᦚᦻᧉᦉᦲᧃᧉᦵᦟᦲᧆᦔᦱᦉᦲᧃᧉᦃᦹᧃ
ᦉᧅ1sak²ᦉᦲ4500numeraljust; as little as. [Note: Often used with a negative 'not even one'.]ᦙᦾᧈ ᦌᧁ ᦉᧅ ᦐᦾᧈ.Rest just a little.ᦊᦱᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦙᦲ ᦣᦴ ᦉᧅ ᦑᦲᧈ.Don't let there be even one hole.ᦢᧁᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦺᦕ ᦙᦱ ᦋᦾᧈ ᦉᧅ ᦅᦳᧃ.No one came to help him, not even one person.ᦺᦗᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦷᦋ ᦙᦱ ᦉᧅ ᦵᦑᦲᧈ.Their daughter-in-law hadn't invited them to visit even once.9.3.1.2To a small degree8.1.5.7Onlyᦉᧅᦀᦲᧆᦉᧅᦐᦾᧈᦉᧅᦅᦻᦉᧅᦅᧄ
ᦉᦸᧅᧈsɔɔk²20001nounelbowᦃᦸᧉ 4ᦆᦴᧉ ᦉᦸᧅᧈ.He bent his elbow.ᦀᧁ ᦃᦸᧂᧉ ᦂᦸᦰ ᦉᦸᧅᧈ.She hooked the basket on her elbow.2.1.3.1Arm2classifiercubit; the length of a forearm; a unit of measure from fingertip to elbowᦣᦸᧂᧈ ᦉᦲᧃᧉ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦓᧄᧉ ᦦᦱᧂᧉ ᦙᦲ ᦅᦱᧈ ᧒ ᦉᦸᧅᧈ.This stream is only two cubits wide.8.2.2Long9.2.6.1Classifiersᦶᦃᧃᦉᦸᧅᧈᦶᦃᧇᦉᦸᧅᧈᦺᦙᧉᦶᦑᧅᦉᦸᧅᧈᦙᦱᧁᧉᦶᦃᧃᦶᦛᧃᦉᦸᧅᧈ
ᦉᦳᧆᦃᦐᦱᧆsut²xanaat²post-verbveryᦃᧁ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦙᦱ ᦀᦲᦰ ᦡᦴ ᦃᦳᧃ ᦓᦱ ᦵᦑ ᦞᦲ ᦉᦳᧆ ᦃ ᦐᦱᧆ.They had great pity for the princess.9.3Veryᦉᦳᧆ1
ᦉᦳᧆᦶᦎᧈsut²tææ²conjunctionevenᦉᦳᧆ ᦶᦎᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦀᦲᧃ ᦘᦳᧄ ᦙᦱ ᦵᦎᦲᧄᧈ ᦋᦾᧈ ᦂᦻᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ.He even said it was Indra or Brahma who helped him build it.9.6.2.9Concession9.6.1.5Butᦉᦳᧆ1ᦶᦎᧈ
ᦉᦳᧆᦒᦲsut²tʰii⁴post-verbextremelyᦺᦣᧈ ᦷᦉᧃ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦷᦂ ᦺᦝ ᦉᦳᧆ ᦒᦲ.In your fields you must be extremely afraid of fire.9.3Veryᦉᦳᧆ1ᦒᦲ