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Rh verbal affix, but ought then to be written ဟူ, and parsed as a verb.

တည်း, used at the close of a simple sentence, equivalent to the substantive verb ရှိသည်, to be, the nominative being generally made by ကား, as အ&#8203;မည်&#8203;ကား&#8203;မောင်&#8203;လောက်&#8203;တည်း, his name is Moung Louk,—sometimes taking ပေ, or ပေလျှင် immediately before it;—also, at the close of a parenthetic sentence, or a distinct paragraph, closing in သည်, (commonly abbreviated to သ,) as သွားသတည်း, he went,—sometimes taking လျှင်, or က, or လျှင်&#8203;က immediately before it.

တတ်, ditto, at the close of a parenthesis or paragraph.

တကား, emphatic, or indicative of some emotion, as ငသား&#8203;က&#8203;လေး&#8203;သေ&#8203;ပြီ&#8203;တ&#8203;ကား, my little son is dead, alas! မ&#8203;သွား&#8203;ပါ&#8203;တ&#8203;ကား, he goes not indeed.

ရကား, sometimes equivalent to တကား.

ချင်း, ditto, commonly expressive of regret, as ဖြစ်&#8203;ရ&#8203;လေ&#8203;ချင်း, it is so, alas.

စွ, see under Qualifying Affixes.

တောင်း, intensive,—commonly connected with