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Simplified Double Stacked words

In some words like စကြဝဠာ | Set-kja2 wa1-la2, which means the Universe, the word Ka1 is not double-stacked, but the effect is like a double-stacked word with missing Ka1 thut. It is pronounced as (စက် + ကြာ + ဝ + ဠာ).

Here is an another word with the consonant modification symbol ya1 yit | taking its own role as well as the role of a double-stacked ka1| က္က:

thout-kja2 nay1| သောကြာနေ့ - Friday is read as သောက် + ကြာ + နေ့.

When | ya1 pet let is stacked at the bottom, it is represented by the consonant modification symbol | ya1-pin1. Examples:

let-ya2 | လက်ျာ - right-hand side.

u1-yin2 | ဥယျာဉ် - garden.

double-stacked nya1 ga1-lay3 | combination is represented by nya1 | . Examples:

pyin2-nya2 | ပညာ - knowledge.

thin2-nyet khan2-da2 | သညက္ခန္ဓာ - faculty of perception.

wain2-nyin2 | ဝိညာဉ် - consciousness.

When two tha1 | are double-stacked together, it simplifies to tha1 ji3 | . Example:

ma1-noat-tha1 | မနုသ္သ simplifies to ma1-noat-tha1 | မနုဿ - human.

When and are stacked, it becomes ဋ္ဌ as in ut-hta1-ma1 | အဋ္ဌမ - eighth. That's why this word is listed after ဧည့် with nya1 thut by the Myanmar Languague Commission in the dictionary.