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Rh 1. The verbal in ခြင်း, from အခြင်း, an act, deed, denotes action or being, in the abstract, as သွား&#8203;ခြင်း, going, ကောင်း&#8203;ခြင်း, being good.

2. The verbal in ရာ, from အရာ, a thing, subject, matter, denotes the object of an action, or the place, where a thing is, or is done, as နှစ်&#8203;သက်&#8203;ရာ, an object of love; နေ&#8203;ရာ, a remaining place; စွန့်&#8203;ပြစ်&#8203;ရာ, a place of throwing away.

3. The verbal in ရာ, from အလျာ or အလျှာ, what is for, commonly written စရာ, the verbal in ဖို့ or ဘို့, from အဖို့, a portion, and the verbal in ရန် (from ရန်&#8203;သည်, to appropriate,) denote what is for some purpose, as စား&#8203;စ&#8203;ရာ, what is for eating, or to be eaten; ကြည့်&#8203;ဘို့, what is to be looked at; ပြု&#8203;ရန်, what is to be done.

4. The verbal in ဖွယ် or ဘွယ်, sometimes စချင်&#8203;ဘွယ်, from အဖွယ်, what is suitable, denotes what is fit for, adapted to, or worthy of some use or purpose, as စား&#8203;ဘွယ်, what is good to eat, an eatable; အံ့&#8203;ဘွယ်, what is wonderful; ချစ်&#8203;စချင်&#8203;ဘွယ်, what is lovely. But this verbal seems frequently to partake of the nature of an adjective.

N. B. The terminations ခမန်း or ဂမန်း, according to one acceptation, လိ, ခလိ and လိ&#8203;လိ