Word Games

by Hla Min

Updated : May 2025

My elder brother’s wife is feeling sleepy

• My elder brother’s wife => MAYEE
• is feeling sleepy => yawn => THAN
• Combine them => MAYEE + THAN
• Transpose => MAYAN + THEE => MAYANTHEE မရမ်းသီး (Marion, delicious Burmese fruit)

“PIN LE DHA MYA” ပင်လယ်ဓားပြ

• PIN LE => is wide => KYAIR
• DHA MYA => plunders (takes by force) => TAIK
• Combine them => KYAIR + TAIK
• Transpose => KYAIK + TAIR (Love, …) ကြိုက်တယ်

Pho Thaike’s response

• Offer from the boss : “If I give you a raise of 5 kyats to your present salary of 20 kyats, will you move to Na Shan?”
• The response in Mixed Language

Twenty
Five
Toee တိုး

Pho Thaik ဖိုးသိုက်
No

No Go
Na Shan နရှံ
Town