Tag: Word Game

  • Word Games

    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