Burmese Proverbs

Ancient Proverbs and Maxims from Burmese Sources

by James Gray

Dhammapada kyamʻʺ lā Mranʻ mā ca kāʺ puṃ myāʺ

by Vepulla Sāsanāʹ Takkasuilʻ ʼA rhaṅʻ.

Ca kāʺ puṃ cā cī cā kuṃʺ myāʺ

by Nu Kraññʻ Doʻ.

Lakʻ rveʺ caṅʻ Mranʻ mā ca kāʺ puṃ poṅʻʺ khyupʻ

by ʼOṅʻ Mratʻ Sinʻʺ.

Ca kāʺ puṃ pa de sā

by ʼOṅʻ Kui Latʻ Ūʺ.

Mranʻ māʹ lakʻ cvai

by Khaṅʻ Me Ññvanʻʹ.

Upamāsamūha gīrakkama kyān

by Sangajā Cha rā toʻ

Southeast Asia: Trubner's Oriental Series

by R. Roberts

Sạ kā pon pāung chok

by Nandadhaja Shin

Rvhe ca kāʺ tuiʹ raiʹ mracʻ phyāʺ

by Ra ve Nvayʻ ʼAṅʻʺ ma

Ca kāʺ pum nhacʻ thonʻ

Limmā re khrā rhe ca kā

by Saṅgajā Cha rā toʻ

Mratʻ Buddha ta rāʺ toʻ myāʺ nhaṅʻʹ Mranʻ mā ca kāʺ pum...

by ʼEʺ Nuiṅʻ Ūʺ.

Mhatʻ sāʺ phvayʻ rā Mranʻ mā ca kāʺ puṃ puṃ praṅʻ myāʺ

by Kraññʻ Nuiṅʻ

Saṅgajā Chara toʻ Bhu raʺ kriʺ ca so bhu ranʻʹ cha ra toʻ kr...

Ca kāʺ puṃ, puṃ pa mā kātvanʻʺ padesā

by Phe Sinʻʺ Kātvanʻʺ Ūʺ

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

by Lha Kyo Ūʺ.

Buddha kyamʻʺ cā mracʻ phyāʺ khaṃ so ʼa suṃʺ khya Mranʻ ...

by Mratʻ Kyoʻ Mranʻ mā cā ʼA phvaiʹ Ūʺ.

Lokanīti cā uyyāñʻ

by Yujana Kyokʻ phrū.

Myanmar idioms

by Lha Saminʻ