Burmese Proverbs

Ancient Proverbs and Maxims from Burmese Sources: Trubner's Oriental Series

James Gray

Southeast Asia: Trubner's Oriental Series: Set L

R. Roberts

Nhaṃ cutʻ ṅhakʻ ṅayʻ paññā krvayʻ ʼa pā ʼa vaṅʻ mhatʻ sāʺ phvayʻ rā Mranʻ mā ca kāʺ puṃ puṃ praṅʻ myāʺ

[taṅʻ pra sū], Kraññʻ Nuiṅʻ.

Mranʻ māʹ ruiʺ rā ca kāʺ puṃ puṃ praṅʻ myāʺ

Ūʺ Sanʻʺ Thvatʻ.

Mratʻ Buddha ta rāʺ toʻ myāʺ nhaṅʻʹ Mranʻ mā ca kāʺ puṃ myāʺ

Ūʺ ʼEʺ Nuiṅʻ.

Ca kāʺ puṃ cā cī cā kuṃʺ myāʺ

Doʻ Nu Kraññʻ.

Ca kāʺ pum nhacʻ thonʻ

ayyʻdītā Uʺ̄ Tuinʻʺ ci canʻ thāʺ so.

Cvayʻ cuṃ nīti kathā

Khyoṅʻʺ Ūʺ Moṅʻ Candā pru cu saññʻ.

Tuiṅʻʺ raṅʻʺ sāʺ ca kāʺ puṃ

Maṅʻʺ Nuiṅʻ cu choṅʻʺ leʹ lā taṅʻ pra saññʻ.

Ūʺ Lha Kyoʻ e* Ca kāʺ puṃ cā cī cā kuṃʺ myāʺ.

Lha Kyo Ūʺ.