Indulgences

1. ၶဝ်ႈမုၼ်းႁေႃႇ

   khao3-mun4-haw2

   Rice-flour and jaggery parcel

   Usage

   Glutinous rice flour and jaggery steamed in a banana leaf; the dictionary says it is made at Shan New Year and given to neighbors.

   Grammar Note

   Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

2. ၶဝ်ႈမုၼ်းဢွၵ်း

   khao3-mun4-awk4

   Filled steamed rice cake

   Usage

   Glutinous rice flour filled with jaggery and sesame, peanuts or coconut, wrapped in banana leaf and steamed, per the dictionary.

   Grammar Note

   Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

3. ၶဝ်ႈမုၼ်းပၢတ်ႇ

   khao3-mun4-paat2

   Soft steamed rice cake

   Usage

   The dictionary lists it as a soft steamed rice cake.

   Grammar Note

   Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

4. ၶဝ်ႈမုၼ်းၶူၺ်ႇ

   khao3-mun4-khoi2

   Small fried rice cakes with jaggery syrup

   Usage

   Small round fried rice cakes eaten with jaggery syrup, per the dictionary.

   Grammar Note

   Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

5. ၶဝ်ႈပွင်း

   khao3-pawng4

   Thin crisp sweet rice cake

   Usage

   The dictionary lists it as a thin, crisp, sweetened rice cake.

   Grammar Note

   Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

6. ၶဝ်ႈၶႅပ်ႈ

   khao3-khaep3

   Rice wafer

   Usage

   A thin cake of rice flour, sometimes with sesame seeds.

   Grammar Note

   Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

7. ၶဝ်ႈမဵတ်ႉၵၢႆႇ

   khao3-met5-kaai2

   Dried rice cake, fried before eating

   Usage

   Partly cooked rice pressed flat and dried, fried before eating, per the dictionary.

   Grammar Note

   Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

8. ၶဝ်ႈတမ်ငႃး

   khao3-tam1-ngaa4

   Pounded glutinous rice with sesame

   Usage

   Glutinous rice pounded and mixed with sesame seeds. Shan Wikipedia has an article of the same title.

   Grammar Note

   Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

9. ၶဝ်ႈပုၵ်း

   khao3-puk4

   Pounded glutinous rice with sesame (other name)

   Usage

   The dictionary lists it under the same description as the sweet above.

   Grammar Note

   Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

10. ၶဝ်ႈယႃႇၵူႉ

    khao3-yaa2-ku5

    Rice, jaggery, peanut and sesame sweet

    Usage

    The dictionary lists it as a dish of rice, jaggery, peanuts and sesame seeds.

    Grammar Note

    Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

11. ၶဝ်ႈတႅၼ်

    khao3-taen1

    Sweet glutinous rice and jaggery cake

    Usage

    The dictionary lists it as a sweet cake of glutinous rice and jaggery.

    Grammar Note

    Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

12. ၶဝ်ႈတေႃႇ

    khao3-taw2

    Short cakes dipped in cane syrup

    Usage

    The dictionary lists it as short cakes dipped in sugar cane syrup.

    Grammar Note

    Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

13. ၶဝ်ႈမုၼ်းလၢမ်

    khao3-mun4-laam1

    Rice flour and molasses cooked in bamboo

    Usage

    A sweet of rice flour and molasses cooked in a bamboo tube.

    Grammar Note

    Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

14. ၵွၼ်ႈၼမ်ႉဢွႆႈ

    kawn3-nam5-awi3

    Lump of jaggery

    Usage

    The dictionary lists it as a lump of hardened sugar cane molasses.

    Grammar Note

    Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

15. ၶႅပ်းၼမ်ႉဢွႆႈ

    khaep4-nam5-awi3

    Slab of jaggery

    Usage

    The dictionary lists it as a cake or slab of unrefined cane sugar.

    Grammar Note

    Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

16. ထူဝ်ႇလိၼ်

    tho2-lin1

    Peanuts

    Usage

    Noun for peanuts.

    Grammar Note

    Listed in the dictionary as a noun.

17. တၢင်းၵိၼ်လဵၼ်ႈ

    taang4-kin1-len3

    Snack food

    Usage

    The dictionary says it covers candies, cookies, potato chips and the like.

    Grammar Note

    Compound noun listed in the dictionary.

18. လႅၼ်းယႃႈ

    laen4-yaa3

    Cheroot

    Usage

    A cigar-like rolled tobacco. The dictionary glosses it as cigar, cheroot or cigarette.

    Grammar Note

    Listed in the dictionary as a noun.

19. ပူႉ

    pu5

    Betel leaf

    Usage

    The betel leaf, used for chewing.

    Grammar Note

    Listed in the dictionary as a noun.

20. မၢၵ်ႇမူႉ

    maak2-mu5

    Betel nut

    Usage

    Noun for the betel (areca) nut.

    Grammar Note

    Listed in the dictionary as a noun.

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