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Rh the second member, in which case the adverb is a diminutive, as နက်&#8203;ကျုတ်&#8203;ကျုတ်, rather black;—by reduplicating both members, as ထူး&#8203;ထူး&#8203;ဆန်း&#8203;ဆန်း extraordinarily;—by prefixing အ or တ to each member reduplicated, as အထူး&#8203;ထူး&#8203;အ&#8203;ဆန်း&#8203;ဆန်း, ditto; တလည်&#8203;လည်&#8203;တ&#8203;ဝိုက်&#8203;ဝိုက်, circuitously;—by prefixing က or ပ (pronounced ဂ and ဗ) to each member, as ကရောက်&#8203;က&#8203;ရက်, disorderly, ပရုန်း&#8203;ပ&#8203;ရင်း, tumultuously.

Under this head may be classed a few of anomalous construction, made up in imitation of some of the above forms, as အမှတ်&#8203;တ&#8203;မဲ့, without notice, အစိုး&#8203;တရ, as having power, ကြောက်&#8203;လန့်&#8203;တ&#8203;ကြား, frightedly, အတျွေး&#8203;အ&#8203;ငမ်း, in expectance of payment; also a few formed from negatives, by affixing chiming increments, as မ&#8203;ကောင်း&#8203;တ&#8203;ရောင်း, not well, မ&#8203;လှ&#8203;တမ, not handsome, not agreeable.

4. Adverbs formed from verbal roots, by reduplication, prefixing the negative မ to the first member, and တ to the second, thus intending to convey both the ideas of affirming, and denying, as မ&#8203;လောက်&#8203;တ&#8203;လောက်, just enough, and hardly that, မ&#8203;မှီ&#8203;တ&#8203;မှီ, just reaching, and yet not quite reaching.

5. Adverbs formed from nouns by reduplication, dropping the syllabic အ, in the latter member, if it is the initial of the noun, and prefixing it to the former member, if the noun begins with a consonant, as အခါ&#8203;ခါ, repeatedly, from အခါ, a time; အလို&#8203;လို, of one's own accord, from အလို, will, pleasure; အသောင်း&#8203;သောင်း, thousands, from အသောင်း, ten thousand; အပြည်&#8203;ပြည် of various countries, or from country to country, from ပြည်, a country.

N. B. Adverbs formed from verbs or nouns are sometimes used adjectively, as အပြား&#8203;ပြား&#8203;သော&#8203;အ&#8203;ကြောင်း&#8203;တို့, various reasons, အပြည်&#8203;ပြည်&#8203;သော&#8203;မင်း&#8203;တို့, kings of sundry or all countries.

6. Adverbs formed from nouns, beginning with a syllabic အ, by dropping the အ, prefixing တ, one, and affixing တည်း, only, as တညီ&#8203;တ&#8203;ညီ, even, all together, from အညီ, evenness, uniformity.