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be free. When used as an imperative or precative, the shade of meaning is frequently determined by an intervening euphonic affix, as ဖြစ်​ပါ​စေ, may it be, ပြေး​ပါ​လေ​စေ, let it run. Combined with အံ့, it makes စိမ့်.

စွ, slightly intensive or emphatic,—commonly connected with the verb, by a euphonic affix, and sometimes superseding the assertive affix, as ကြီး​လေ​စွ, it is great indeed.

စွာ, intensive,—mostly used before the participial affix သော, as မြတ်​စွာ​စော​သူ, a very excellent person.

ဆန်း, with the verb repeated, merely, nothing more, as ကြီး​ဆန်း​ကြီး​သည်, to be large merely.

ဆိတ်, to be at leisure, as နေ​ဆိတ်​သည်, to be at leisure to stay.[1]

တုံ, sometimes euphonic, but when repeated after a following verb, partaking of the nature of a continuative, and denoting alternation; as မြုပ်​တုံ​ပေါ်​တုံ​ရှိ​သည်, to be sinking and appearing by turns.

တော့, denoting a slight necessity.

တည့်, suddenly, prematurely, inconsiderately.

  1. This paragraph has been replaced on p. 76 by: “ဆိတ်, (from ဆိတ်, to be still; quiet,) to be quiet, unmoved, though the occasion calls for exertion, as နေ​ဆိတ်​သည်, to remain unmoved.”