8.1.5.7. Only

ᦅᦱᧈ1kaa⁵5001pre-verbonly; merelyᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦀᦱᧉ ᦷᦉᧇ ᦺᦞᧉ.The king could only gape. ᦃᧁ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦗᦱ ᦂᧃ ᦗᦸᧅ ᦙᦱ ᦀᧁ ᦺᦝ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ.All they could do was go back and fetch some fire from home.8.1.5.7Only2prepositiononly; nothing but; justᦵᦣᧆ ᦉᧂ? ᦌᦹᧉ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦗᦸᧇ.What did you do? All I did was buy a book. OR All I bought was a book. ᦵᦂᦲᧆ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦓᦸᧂᧉ ᦍᦲᧂ ᦜᦱᧉ ᦍᧂ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦀᧁ ᦷᦕ ᦵᦑᦲᧈ.There remained only the youngest who wasn't married yet.9.4.4.7Just, almost not8.1.5.7Onlyᦷᦂᦅᦱᧈᦋᦴᧈᦅᦱᧈᦷᦋᧈᦅᦱᧈᦎᦱᧄᦅᦱᧈᦑᦹᧂᦅᦱᧈᦓᧅᦅᦱᧈᦔᦻᦅᦱᧈᦗᦸᦅᦱᧈᦙᦸᧅᦅᦱᧈᦜᦻᦅᦱᧈᦡᦸᧄᦅᦱᧈᦢᧁᧈᦅᦱᧈ
ᦉᧅ1sak²ᦉᦲ4500numeraljust; as little as. [Note: Often used with a negative 'not even one'.]ᦙᦾᧈ ᦌᧁ ᦉᧅ ᦐᦾᧈ.Rest just a little.ᦊᦱᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦙᦲ ᦣᦴ ᦉᧅ ᦑᦲᧈ.Don't let there be even one hole.ᦢᧁᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦺᦕ ᦙᦱ ᦋᦾᧈ ᦉᧅ ᦅᦳᧃ.No one came to help him, not even one person.ᦺᦗᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦷᦋ ᦙᦱ ᦉᧅ ᦵᦑᦲᧈ.Their daughter-in-law hadn't invited them to visit even once.9.3.1.2To a small degree8.1.5.7Onlyᦉᧅᦀᦲᧆᦉᧅᦐᦾᧈᦉᧅᦅᦻᦉᧅᦅᧄ
ᦵᦍᧂᧈjeŋ⁵5001pre-verbthe more...the more...ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦎᦲᧃᧉ ᦠᦱᧁᧈ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦶᦣᧆ ᦃᧁᧉ.The more he struggled the more the snare tightened.ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦠᦱᧇ ᦵᦂᦲ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦐᧅ.The further he carried the sack of salt the heavier it felt.ᦵᦡᦲᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦶᦟᧂᦰ.The moon was getting brighter as the month went by.8.1.4More2adjectiveonly; just. [Note: Used with a classifier.]ᦎᦱᧂᧉ ᦠᦴ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦅᦴᧈ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦡᦻ.Just one pair of earrings.ᦵᦟᧂᧉ ᦺᦂᧈ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦀᦲᧆ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦋᧈ ᦃᦸᧂ ᦇᦻᧈ.Raising chickens isn't even a little bit easy.ᦃᧁ ᦀᧁ ᦂᧃ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦔᦲ ᧒ ᦔᦲ ᦵᦠᦲᧃᧉ.They had been married for just a year or two.9.4.4.7Just, almost not8.1.5.7Onlyᦵᦍᧂᧈᦀᦲᧆᦵᦍᧂᧈᦓᦾᧉᦵᦍᧂᧈᦃᦸᧉᦵᦍᧂᧈᦅᧄᦵᦍᧂᧈᦆᦱᧁᦵᦍᧂᧈᦍᦱᧄᦵᦍᧂᧈᦵᦑᦲᧈᦵᦍᧂᧈᦵᦙᦲᧈᦵᦍᧂᧈᦆᦱᧁᦵᦍᧂᧈᦵᦙᦲᧈᦵᦍᧂᧈᦍᦱᧄᦵᦍᧂᧈᦢᦹᧆᦵᦍᧂᧈᦍᦱᧄ
ᦎᦱᧄᦅᦱᧈtaam¹kaa⁵numeralonly; alone; merelyᦓᦱᧂ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦎᦱᧄ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦷᦎ ᦡᦲ, ᦷᦠ ᦺᦈ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦋᦱᧆ ᦡᦲ ᦶᦑᧉ. She was not only beautiful, but also her heart was good.ᦎᦱᧄ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦀᦻᧉ ᦡᦲ ᦷᦎ ᦵᦡᧁ ᦶᦎᧆ ᦕᦱᧈ ᦞᧃ ᦀᦲᧆ.If it was only Ai Dee alone he would have split just a little bit per day.ᦎᦱᧄ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦟᦱᧉ ᦶᦉᧃᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦜᦻ ᦏᦹᧂ ᧗᧐ ᦖᦹᧃᧈ ᦂᦲᧃᧉ ᦡᦱᧁᧉ ᦓᦲᦰ.In Meng La county alone it was approximately 700,000 jin.8.1.5.7Onlyᦎᦱᧄᦅᦱᧈ1
ᦷᦑᧃ2ton⁴adjectivesolitary; loneᦙᧃ ᦷᦎ ᦵᦡᧁ ᦵᦔᧁᧈ ᦗᦾ, ᦔᦲᧃ ᦢᦱᧁᧈ ᦷᦑᧃ ᦺᦞᧉ.He lived all alone. He was a solitary person.4.1.6.3Alone8.1.5.7Only
ᦑᧁᧈᦓᧃᧉtaw⁵nan⁶1post-verbonly that; that's allᦃᦱᧉ ᦂᦱᧁᧈ ᦅᧄ ᧚ ᦑᧁᧈ ᦓᧃᧉ.I only said one word.ᦙᦲ ᦶᦎᧈ ᧑、᧒ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦑᧁᧈ ᦓᧃᧉ.There are only one or two people.8.1.5.7Only2post-verbthat muchᦅᦹᧆ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦑᧁᧈ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦢᦸᧅᧈ ᦂᦸᧃᧈ ᦀᦸᧃ ᦺᦓ ᦋᦸᧂ ᦙᦱ ᦠᦱ.He thought it through that much and then he called together the village leaders.9.2.3.5Demonstrative pronounsᦑᧁᧈ1ᦓᧃᧉ
ᦗᦸᦅᦱᧈpɔɔ⁴kaa⁵2000pre-verbonly; justᦗᦸ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦔᦳᧃ ᦓᦾᧉ ᦐᦾᧈ.Only a small proportion.ᦗᦸ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦑᦸᧂᦰ ᦡᦻ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦌᦹᧉ.They just looked and didn't buy anything.ᦗᦸ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦋᦾᧈ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦌᦽᧈ ᦕᧅ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦡᦻ ᧞.All I did was help mother wash the vegetables.8.1.5.7Onlyᦗᦸᦅᦱᧈ1
ᦡᦸᧄᦅᦱᧈdɔm¹kaa⁵conjunctiononly; merely; justᦡᦸᧄ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦑᦰ ᦝᦱᧂᧉ, ᦢᧁᧈ ᦃᦹᧃ ᦙᦹ.He just defended himself; he didn't hit back.ᦃᦾᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦀᧁ ᦔᦹᧃ, ᦡᦸᧄ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦑᦹᧆ ᦂᦳᧂ, ᦷᦓᧅ ᦷᦎ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦷᦎᧅ ᦙᦱ ᦵᦠᦲᧃᧉ.I won't use an arrow; I will merely pull the bow and the bird will fall down.8.1.5.7Onlyᦡᦸᧄᦅᦱᧈ1
ᦡᦸᧄdɔm¹1pre-verbonly; merely; justᦘ ᦍᦱᧆ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦡᦸᧄ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦉᦱᧂᧈ ᦠᦻ, ᦈᦹ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦍᧂᧈ ᦐᧅ.His disease not only didn't heal, but the longer it went the worse it got.ᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦡᦸᧄ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦝᧂ ᦅᧄ ᦓᦱᧂ ᦠᦱᧄᧉ ᦑᦰ, ᦵᦅᧆ ᦋᦱᧉ ᦐᦱᧉ ᦺᦅᧈ.Not only did the king not listen to her words of caution, but he was angry and his face swelled up.8.1.5.7Only2verb (transitive)to watchᦙᧃ ᦃᦹᧃᧉ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦕᦸᧈ ᦡᦸᧄ ᦝᦱᧃ.He climbed a tree to watch the deer.ᦶᦋᧆ ᦡᦸᧄ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦚᦳᧂ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦙᦲ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦘᦰ ᦍᦱᧆ ᦺᦃᧉ。They watched these people to see whether or not they have the disease.2.3.1.1Look2.3.1.2Watchᦡᦸᧄᦅᦱᧈᦡᦸᧄᦈᦲᧆᦡᦸᧄᦺᦈᦡᦸᧄᦑᦸᧂᦰ
ᦢᧁᧈᦡᦻbaw²daaj¹500post-verbmerely; only; justᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦋᧈ ᦆᧄ, ᦔᦲᧃ ᦑᦸᧂ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦡᦻ ᧞.This isn't gold; it is just bronze.ᦙᦲ ᧘᧐ ᦐᦱᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦡᦻ.It has only eighty pages.ᦓᧄᧉ ᦉᦱᧂᧉ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦵᦌᦲᧁᧈ ᦺᦡᧉ ᧙ ᦣᦾᧉ ᦂᦲᧃᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦡᦻ.The crop he reaped was only 900 jin.8.1.5.7Onlyᦢᧁᧈᦡᦻᦈᦳᦢᧁᧈᦡᦻ
ᦢᧆᦶᦎᧈbat²tææ²conjunctionnot evenᦢᧁᧈ ᦣᧇ ᦉᦲᧂᧈ ᦺᦡ ᦢᧆ ᦶᦎᧈ ᦉᦲᧃᧉ ᦚᦻᧉ.I won't accept anything, not even a thread.8.1.5.7Onlyᦢᧆᦶᦎᧈ