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Rh 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 a certain class of compound verbs, by affixing ခတ်, or ဆန်, or ဆန်&#8203;ခတ်, denoting collision, as ရောက်&#8203;ရက်&#8203;ခတ်&#8203;ပြု&#8203;သဉ်, to behave disorderly, ရုန်း&#8203;ရင်း&#8203;ဆန်&#8203;ခတ်&#8203;ပြု&#8203;သည်, to make a disturbance.

6. 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 အ&#8203;ခါ&#8203;ခါ, repeatedly, from အ&#8203;ခါ, a time; အ&#8203;လို&#8203;လို, of one’s own accord, from အ&#8203;လို, will, pleasure; အ&#8203;သောင်း&#8203;သောင်း, tens of thousands, from အ&#8203;သောင်း, ten thousand; အ&#8203;ပြည်&#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