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• Vasituṃ live inf vas to
• Vasitvā stayed vas having
• Gantvā gam having gone
• Ṭhatvā stood ṭhā having
• Vāṇija merchant
• Suriya sun
• Miga deer
• Sūda  cook noun
• Manussa human being
• Alagadda  snake long word
• Nāga cobra elephant and
• Isi seer
• Aggi fire
• Ravi sun r
• Ahi snake
• Gahapati householder
• Setu bridge
• Ucchu sugar cane
• Veḷu bamboo
• Maccu death
• Sabbaññū omniscient buddha the one
• Ḍasati bites he
• Patati falls he
• Vicarati moves walks he about
• Vaṇṇeti describes praises he or
• Harati takes away
• Ogacchati he goes down
• Anusāsati  admonishes
• Rohati grows it up
• Ḍahati burns it
• Viharati dwells stays he
• Jāyati born he is
• Bhuñjati eats enjoys he
• Bhajati associates he
• Vandati adores he
• Neti leads he
• Nayati leads he
• Carati behaves wanders he or
• Uggaṇhāti learns he
• Avajānāti despises denies he looks
• Jahāti he gives up
• Pajahati he gives up
• Vippajahati dispells he
• Nassati ruins vanishes perishes it
• Parivajjeti avoids he
• Jarati decays decrptit jiṇṇa pp
• Magga road path way
• Purisa man
• Pañha question
• Sadhamma true doctrine
• Bālaka boy starting b with
• Dāraka boy starts d with
• Kheḷa saliva
• Saṅkhāra conditioned thing
• Bhataka hired servant
• Kāya body
• Pāṭha lesson
• Kuṭumbika householder k
• Ācariya teacher
• Ayya venerable master gentleman one
• Thera elderly monk
• Gūtha excriment
• Sappurisa good man
• Dubbaṇṇa discoloured
• Pāpaka ignoble wicked mean or
• Akusala unwholesome
• Abhirūpa beautiful
• Caṇḍa wicked violent pāpaka or
• Khema safe
• Sadhana rich
• Dhanika wealthy
• Kisa lean emancipated like
• Sassata eternal
• Dullabha hard find  or rare
• Kalla clever proper fit or
• Duggandha ill-smelling
• Bhidura breakable
• Kasmā why
• Vaḍḍhati grows it
• Uppajjati arises it
• Nikkhamati sets he out
• Niggacchati sets he out
• Udāhu inndeclinable or
• Evaṃ thus
• Hiyyo yesterday
• Geha house
• Satta living being
• Putta son
• Samudda ocean
• Sahāyaka companion
• Sevaka servant s
• Kodha anger
• Akkodha non-anger
• Sagga happy abode heaven
• Kulla raft
• Pamāda negligence
• Appamāda vigilance
• Assama hermitage
• Devakāya group devas of
• Ari enemi
• Bhātika brother
• Tāta dear one
• Jīvati lives survives jīv
• Sallapati converses sam √lap +
• Tarati crosses √tar over
• Nikkhamati departs nis + √kam
• Saṃvassati lives sam + √vas together
• Nudati dispels begins n √nud
• Pavisati enters pa + √vis
• Cavati falls dies √cu away
• Assama hermatage
• Tāpasa asetic
• Pāsāda palace
• Pabbata mountain
• Āloka light
• Yācaka beggar
• Tattha eva there itself
• Andhakāra darkness
• Bhūpa king
• Kāru carpenter
• Rāja-purisa policeman
• Piṇḍa alms
• Amacca minister companion
• Abhiruhati climbs up
• Oruhati climbs down
• Khādati eats
• Bahu many
• Abhinava quite new
• Nava new
• Deva god rain
• Ratha chariot carriage
• Giri rock mountain
• Sissa student
• Sakuṇa bird
• Kalaha quarrel
• Vijjālaya college
• Mañca bed
• Kapi,vānara monkey ape
• Geṇḍuka kanduka ball
• Pāto morning
• Pāto'va pāto eva early morning
• Sāyaṃ evening
• Divā daytime noon at the
• Bahi outside
• Tatra here and there
• Dhammika righteous
• Seṭṭha highest best
• Pabbajati goes forth
• Calati moves
• Pasīdati pleased is
• Ramati pleased delighted effect is
• Vassati rains ran falls
• Vijjhati shoots
• Māpeti builds
• Upapajjati born reaches is in
• Uppajjati born is
• Uttarāsaṅga upper robe
• Ekaṃsa shoulder side one
• Kassaka farmer
• Piṇḍapāta alms
• Dava amusement
• Mada enjoyment intoxication
• Pāpaṇika merchant
• Bhoga wealth
• Mahānāma person a so known
• Raga lust
• Dosa anger
• Moha delusion
• Anta end side
• Yodha bhaṭa soldiar
• Rukkha tree
• Sadda noise
• Gandha odour
• Sāyaṇha evening
• Āsanaṃ seat
• Pādaṃ foot n
• Viriyaṃ effort n
• Sota ear
• Bhojanaṃ food meal n
• Kammaṃ deed action n
• Pāmojjaṃ joy n
• Pahāna dispelling removal
• Maṇḍana adornment
• Vibhūsana ornament
• Bhayaṃ fear n
• Mahattaṃ greatness prosperity n
• Arahatta (n arahatship
• Dāḷiddiyaṃ poverty n
• Agāraṃ home n
• Anagāra (n homelessness
• Kulaṃ family n
• Jetavanaṃ grove n the so
• Vanaṃ araññaṃ  forest n
• Mūla root
• Avidūra samipa vicinity n
• Nagaraṃ town city n
• Ghāṇaṃ nose n
• Dahara young
• Kusīta lazy idle
• Alasa  poor begins with a
• Daḷidda poor
• Puññaṃ meritorious n
• Nissaṃsayaṃ indl certainly
• Sakkā (indl is able can
• Yannuna (indl good be  how it
• Ārabhati make effort
• Odahati ear gives to
• Paññāpeti lays rules promulgates prepares seat
• Paccāgacchati returns
• Abhivādeti pays homage to
• Hāyati diminishes decays
• Mamāyati owns one's regards as
• Apaneti leads takes away
• Mānusa human m
• Mūsika mouse m
• Kolika cuckoo m
• Sobhana beautiful m
• Dīgha long m
• Kukkura dog m
• Kukkuṭa cock m
• Mānava young man m
• Mātula uncle m
• Mānusī woman f
• Mūsikā mouse f
• Kolikā female cookoo f
• Sobhanā beautiful f
• Dīghā long f
• Kukkurī female dog f
• Kukkutī chicken f
• Mānavī young woman f
• Mātulānī aunt f
• Gahapatānī mistress house f of
• Chaṇa festival m
• Vaja cow pen callefold m
• Ñāti relative m
• Alamkāra ornament  (begins m with a
• Gaja elephant m
• Aṅgala-visaya england m
• Samādhi concentration m
• Pāpaṇika merchant m
• Āpaṇika merchant m
• Ammā mother f
• Kaññā girl f
• Latā creeper f
• Rattī night f
• Nadī river f
• Dārikā girl f
• Yāgu f
• Dhenu cow f
• Pokkharaṇī pond f
• Vāpi lake f
• Jivhā tongue f
• Desanā sermon f
• Migī doe f
• Itthī woman f
• Kadalī plantain f
• Rājinī queen f
• Pajā subjects f
• Vīnā lute,violin f
• Yottaṃ rope n
• Uyyānaṃ park n
• Vacana word n
• Mukha mouth n
• Vettaṃ cane n
• Ābharaṇaṃ ornament begins n with
• Vatthaṃ cloth n
• Paduma lotus n
• Gīta song n
• Raṭṭhaṃ country n
• Kāruṇika kind compassionate
• Piya dear pleasing agreeable
• Gambhīra deep adj
• Puthula wide adj
• Jeṭṭha elder adj
• Kaniṭṭha younger adj
• Veṭheti coils verb veh e veṭhita
• Vibhāti shines vi bhā vibhāta
• Nahāyati bathes nhā ya nahātvā
• Khanati digs khata
• Niccharati emits ni car nicharita
• Otarati descends climbs ava tar otiṇṇa
• Gāyati sings ge e gāyita gīta
• Sajjeti prepares decorates equips saj e sajjita
• Vādeti plays musical instrument vad e vādita
• Rodati cries weeps rud ruṇṇa rudita rodita
• Vikasati blooms vi kas vikasita
• Sandati flows sand sanna sandita
• Pāleti governs protects pāl e pālita
• Sannipatati assembles saṃ ni pat
• Tāmasa river named f so
• Nerañjarā river named ner f
• Sāvatthi city savathi f name
• Saddhā confidence f
• Bhariyā wife f
• Mettā loving-kindness f
• Khudhā,khudā hunger f
• Pipāsā thirst f
• Vatthi bladder f
• Gaṅgā ganges river f
• Kuṭikā, kuṭi hut f
• Pāṭha-sālā school f
• Hiṃsā violence f
• Karunā compassion f
• Gīvā neck f
• Vaḍḍhi growth f
• Kāsu pit k f
• Janapada district m
• Bheda break m
• Niraya doom unhappy miserable state m
• Bhadanta venerable m one
• Ogha flood m
• Jaṭila ascetic wearing matted hair m
• Vasalo outcast low person m
• Paṇṇākāra present m
• Nidhi treasure m
• Āvāṭa pit m
• Soka grief m
• Tīraṃ bank shore n
• Duccaritaṃ misconduct wrong deed n
• Maraṇaṃ death n
• Cittaṃ mind consciousness n
• Puratthima eastern adj
• Gilāna ill sick adj or
• Sussusa obedient
• Sīta cold adj
• Hemantika winter adj of
• Sambahula adj many
• Cheka dakkha clever adj
• Mānusa-adj human adjf
• Parisujjhati purified pari sudh ya parisuddha
• Paṭihanti wards strikes removes destroys paṭi han
• Vinodeti dispels quenches vi nud e
• Sodheti cleanses purifies sudh e
• Deti dā datta datvā gives
• Adāsi gave dā
• Nidheti buries ni da e nidhahitvā
• Ummujjati emerges rises ud mujj
• Nimujjati plunges sinks dives ni mujj
• Dhāreti bears holds wears dhar e
• Pilandhati  wears (begins p api nah
• Param governs ablative case adv
• Maraṇā paraṃ death adv after
• Ito param adv after this
• Tato paraṃ adv after that
• Vipassin buddha named m a
• Sikhin buddha named m a
• Vessabhū buddha named m a
• Kakusandha buddha named m a
• Nātha lord refuge m
• Paribbājaka wandering ascetic m
• Upāsako devotee m
• Peta hungry ghost m
• Mantin minister m
• Pāramī virtues leading buddhahood f
• Sambodhi enlightenment f
• Vanitā lady f
• Surā liquor f
• Lekhanī pencil f
• Hita welfare advantage benefit m
• Jaya-maṅgalaṃ auspicious-lucky success victory n
• Bījaṃ seed n
• Maṃsaṃ flesh meat n
• Dhanaṃ money wealth n
• Majjaṃ liquor surā n not
• Pothakaṃ book n
• Cakkhumant eyes adj having and
• Bhattimant pious adj
• Sirimant glorious beautiful adj
• Sabba-bhūtānukampin pitying beings adj all
• Māra-senappamaddin defeating army māra adj
• Satimant thoughtful wise adj
• Phalin fruitful adj
• Āma  raw unripe adj
• Sīlavant virtuous adj
• Nahātaka washed passions adj one
• Pūreti fills fulfils practices pūrita
• Akkhāti akkhāta said
• Svākkhāta su+ā+khā+a well said
• Namassati bows namas+a namassita down
• Pūjeti worship offers pūj e pūjita
• Roceti approves pleased ruc e rocita
• Naccati dances naṭ ya naccita
• Gāyati  sings ge gīta gāyita
• Labhati receives labh laddha gets
• Majjati intoxicated maj ya matta
• Āmanteti addresses calls ā mant e āmantita
• Sammodati rejoices exchanges friendly saṃ mud sammodita
• Kasati ploughs kas kasita +
• Uggaṇhāti  u gah ṇhā uggahīta
• Sikkhati learns trained sikkh sikkhita
• Uppajjati  born u pad ya
• Māreti kills mar e mārita
• Āneti brings back carries ā ni ānīta
• Māpeti  build mā āpe māpita
• Ārabhati  begins makes effort strives ā rabh  (similar
• Tassa to its his him
• Mama my to me
• Na kadāci never
• Namo adoration
• Atthu may there be
• Ve indeed certainly
• Tena  by that
• Tāni those  n them
• Namatthu adoration namo atthu  may
• Lokassa iti lokassā’ti +
• Kiṃ su idha kim sūdha break x+y
• Sādhu iti sādhū’ti +
• Vi atināmenti vī’tināmenti +
• Saṃ gaho (compound saṅgaho (compound +
• Taṃ ñānaṃ taññānaṃ +
• Taṃ jātaṃ  (compound tañjātaṃ +
• Taṃ niccutaṃ tannicutaṃ +
• Taṃ channaṃ tañchannaṃ +
• Yaṃ ahu yamāhu +
• Kiṃ etaṃ kimetaṃ +
• Dhanaṃ eva dhanameva +
• Yaṃ aniccaṃ yadaniccaṃ +
• Etaṃ eva etadeva +
• Saṃ yoga saññogo +
• Saṃ yuttaṃ saññuttaṃ +
• Yaṃ yadeva yaññadeva +
• Paccataṃ eva compound paccattaññeva (compound +
• Taṃ eva taññeva +
• Taṃ tañhi + hi
• Evaṃ evañhi + hi
• Tasaṃ + ahaṃ tasāhaṃ
• Saṃ ratto sāratto +
• Evaṃ ahaṃ evamāhaṃ +
• Ariyasaccānaṃ dassaanaṃ ariyasaccānadassanaṃ +
• Tiṭṭhati stands he
• Uṭṭhahati he gets up
• Kiṇati buys he
• Pāpunāti approaches p he
• Jināti conquers he
• Suṇāti hears he
• Jānāti he knows
• Cināti collects piles he or
• Coreti steals he
• Bhāveti develops he
• Chādeti covers he up
• Tanoti spreads he
• Pappoti approaches he
• Paññā indriyaṃ paññindriyaṃ +
• Bhikkhunī ovādo bhikkhunovādo +
• Atthi (compound matthi compound me +
• Tīṇi imāni tīṇimani +
• Tayo assu taya’ssu +
• Sañña iti saññā’ti +
• Cakkhu indriyaṃ cakkhundriyaṃ +
• Cattaro ime cattaro’me +
• Yassa idāni yassa’dāni +
• Vasalo iti vasalo’ti +
• Buddha anussati buddhānussati +
• Saddhā idha saddhīdha +
• Tathā upamaṃ tathūpamaṃ +
• Yāni idha yānīdha +
• Gacchāmi īti gaccāmī’ti +
• Vapati sows
• Asmi forms asma asi attha atthi santi
• Dhāvati forms normal dhāvāmi dhāvāma dhāvasi dhāvatha dhāvanti
• Vasati dwells lives or
• Kasati ploughs
• Eti comes
• Jināti conquers wins or
• Bhāveti develops
• Ghāyati smells
• Sāyati tastes
• Phusati touches
• Cinteti thinks
• Suṇāti hears listens or
• Tanoti spreads
• Dhāvati dhāvissāmi dhāvissāma dhāvissasi dhāvissatha dhāvissati dhāvissanti
• Kiṇa shall)(forms kiṇissāmi kiṇissāma kiṇissasi kiṇissatha kiṇissati kiṇissanti
• Dhāvati forms imperative dhāvāmi dhāvāma dhāva dhāvāhi dhāvatha
• Kiṇati imperative 3rd kiṇātu kiṇantu
• Atra etha idha iha words vowel start
• Tatra tattha tahiṃ words t
• Ato ito from here
• Tato from there
• Kutra kattha kuhiṃ kahaṃ words
• Kuto from where
• Yatra yattha
• Yahiṃ where wherever
• Kuhiṃ kahaṃ where
• Itthaṃ thus or in this
• Tathā so or in that
• Yathā in whatever way or
• Kathaṃ who or in what
• Yadi if-2
• Sakkoti he is able
• Na not
• Dhāveyyāmi i run should
• Dhāveyya run he should
• Dhāve run-2 he should
• Adhāvi ran he
• Adhāvo adhāvi ran forms you
• Adhāviṃ i ran
• Adhāvimhā ran we
• Adhāviṃsu ran they
• Akiṇi bought he
• Akiṇimhā bought we
• Akiṇiṃsu akiṇuṃ bought they
• Akiṇittha you-pl bought
• Taught adesesi you he
• Adesesuṃ taught they
• Akariṃ i made
• Akarimhā made we
• Akari made you and he
• Akarittha made pl you
• Adesesiṃ i taught
• Akaro made you
• Ahani killed you and he
• Ahaniṃ i killed
• Ahaniṃsu killled they
• Ahanimhā killed we
• Āsiṃ i was
• Āsimhā as we were
• Āsuṃ they were
• Āsittha pl as you were
• Idāni now
• Yadā starts y whenever or
• Kadā question word when
• Mā kari don’t do
• Te assa tyāssa +
• Su āgataṃ svāgataṃ +
• Anu eti anveti +
• Assa svassa so +
• Kho assa khvassa +
• Upa ikkhati upekkhati +
• Bandhussa iva bandhusseva +
• Na upeti nopeti +
• Yathā udake yathodake +

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