paike

tu kin pon

we eat fruit

Is the above translantion right?

GRABORK Guns, pipes, tubes etc.

GLUK Matchboxes, pillboxes etc.

GLOOM Reels, hanks, balls of

string.

GORNG Piles or heaps of things.

GORN Lumps, stones, pieces of

cakes, clouds.

KANAHT Sizes of things.

KABOO-AN Processions, trains,

convoys etc.

KAHNG Legs and arms.

KON Persons.

KUN Vehicles but not ox carts, for

which we use LEM.

KOO Pairs of animals, persons or

things.

For trousers use DTOO-A.

KREU-ANG Tools, utensils,

machines, radios etc.

CHANIT Kinds or sorts of things.

CHABUP Documents, letters, newspapers

etc.

CHOR Bunches of flowers or clusters

of fruit.

CHIN Pieces of meat, cloth etc.

Tasks of work.

CHOOT Suits of clothing, sets of

things, teams for games.

SORNG Envelops, paper containers.

SEE Teeth, ribs, fence palings.

DOO-ANG Stars, lamps, lights,

stamps, medals etc.

DORK Flowers, patterns on cloth,

treads on tyres etc.

DTON Trees, posts, columns etc.

DTOO-A Animals, birds, reptiles,

fish and insects. Tables, chairs, coats

etc.

TOONG Bags, sacks, purses.

TAAW Rows, lines, ranks.

TORN Odd pieces of cloth and

other things, Timber offcuts etc.

NAI Male persons, officials etc.

More formal than KON.

BOT Lessons, songs, verses etc.

BAHT Money.

BAHN Doors, windows, mirrors,

screens etc.

BIN Saws.

BAI Leaves, leaflets, round hollow

objects such as hats, cushions, cups,

bowls etc. Also used for fruit and

eggs.

PON Fruit. Also use BAI.

PEUN Pieces of cloth of special

size such as carpets, towels, sarong

lengths etc.

PAAN Flat objects, sheets of paper,

boards gramophone records etc.

PANAAK Departments or sections

of an organization.

FORNG Eggs. Also use BÃ.

MOO-AN Cigarettes, cigars etc.

MOO-AN Rolls of toilet paper,

cash register paper, rolls of linoleum.

MET Seeds, pills, gems, buttons.

ROOP Pictures, statues etc.

RONG Sheds or buildings such as

factory buildings or movie houses.

REU-ANG Stories, subject matter

of books or films.

REU-AN Clocks, watches.

LUM Boats, aeroplanes and long

hollow things such as bamboo.

LUUK Children, the young of animals,

small round fruit, cartridges,

keys etc.

LEM Books, knives, forks, spoons,

umbrellas and things with handles

such as ox carts, wheel barrows etc.

SAI Rails, roads, string, belts,

ropes,airlines etc.

SEN Filaments, strings, ropes, hairs

etc.

NAH Pages of books or magazines

or newspapers.

LUNG Houses, rafts, mosquito nets.

HOR Parcels, packets wrapped in

paper, bundles etc.

HORNG Rooms.

HAANG Places.

ONG Kings, queens, priests,

princes.

YAHNG A way or a manner.

UN Miscellaneous small objects.

In the case of a great many nouns

such as parts of the body,

geographical features, furniture etc.

which are not readily classified into

groups the classifier used is the word

itself.

MEU SORNG MEU TOWNUN

Only two hands.

KOW MEE DTOO NUNGSEU

SAHM DTOO

He has three book-cases.

The classifier is always placed after

the noun to which it refers, and after

the adjective if there is one.

MAMOO-ANG PON KEE

This mango. (Mango this fruit)

MAH YAI DTOO-A NUN

That big dog.