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burmese grammar.
teachers, may be written ဆရာနှစ်ဆယ်နှစ်ပါး, or နှစ်ဆယ်နှစ်ပါးသောဆရာ.
§98. The following is a list of the most common numeral auxiliaries, arranged alphabetically, with the classes of things to which they are applied:—
| Numeral Auxiliaries. | Classes of Things. |
| အဦး, a chief. | Rational beings, considered as chief or having subordinates, as ကုန်သည်တဦး, one merchant. |
| အကောင်, a brute animal. | Brute animals, as မျောက်နှစ်ကောင်, two monkeys. |
| အကြောင်း, a line. | Things extended in a line, as ခရီးသုံးကြောင်း, three roads. |
| အကွင်း, a circle, or ring. | Rings, nooses, and such like, as လက်စွပ်လေးကွင်း, four rings. |
| အခု, an individual thing. | Things which admit no other word more descriptive, as ခုတင်ငါးခု, five bedsteads, ကုလားထိုင်ငါးခု, five chairs,—frequently used also instead of a more appropriate numeral auxiliary. |
| အချပ်, what is flat. | Things flat and thin, as ဖျာခြောက်ချပ်, six mats. |
| အချောင်း, a bar, or long piece. | Things long and straight, or nearly so, as အပ်ခုနှစ်ချောင်း, seven needles. |
| အခွန်း, voice. | Words, speech, as စကားရှစ်ခွန်း, eight words. |
| အစင်း, an extended line. | Things long and straight, or nearly so, as လှံကိုးစင်း, nine spears, သင်္ဘောဆယ်စင်း, ten ships. |
| အစီး, what is ridden upon. | Beasts of burden, vehicles of conveyance, as မြင်းတစီး, one horse; လှည်းနှစ်စီး, two carts. |
