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as above, as နှစ်​ယောက်​မြောက်​သော​သား, the second son; နှစ်​ရက်​မြောက်​သော​နေ့, the second day.

miscellaneous adjectives.

There are a few adjectives, which, on account of some peculiarity, cannot be placed in either of the foregoing classes. Some of them are prefixed to their nouns, as မ​ဟာ, great, အာ​ကာ, extraordinary; some are either prefixed or affixed, as အ​နန္တ, infinite, သာ​မ​ည, ordinary; and some are affixed, as တိုင်း, every; က​လေး, small; တော် (honorific;) မ, principal, chief among many; အ​တိ, pure, clear, free from mixture; ချင်း, single, one only, as တ​နေ့​ချင်း​တွင်, in a single day; တည်း, only, no more, used with numerals, as တ​ခု​တည်း, one only.

nouns used adjectively.

Nouns used adjectively may be distributed into three classes, viz:—

1. Names of races of men, of countries, towns, &c. when used to qualify a following noun, as အင်္ဂလိတ်, an Englishman, အင်္ဂလိတ်​လူ, ditto,

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