_kyaung-taga_ = founder of a monastery. _maung_ = much the same as “Mr.” _min_ = King, lord. _mingyi_ = great lord, high official; in this book, one of the four chief Ministers of State. _min-laung_ = an embryo _min_. _min-tha_ = Prince, son of a _min_. _Mi-paya_ = Queen. _my̆o_ = city, town, township, circle. _my̆o-ôk_ = officer in charge of a township, a member of the Subordinate Civil Service. _my̆o-ôk-gavaw_ = My̆o-ôk’s wife. _my̆o-sa_ = a title of a Shan chief (in his book). _my̆o-thu-gyi_ = head of a _my̆o_ or circle. _my̆o-wun_ = town magistrate. _nan_ } = palace. _nandaw_ } _nat_ = a spiritual being. _neik-ban_--_Nirvána_ = the state of rest. _pa-dauk_ = a tree yielding excellent timber and bearing lovely flowers. _pa-ya_ = a pagoda, a sacred image, a title of honour = lord. _pè-nin_ = helmsman. _pôn-gyi_ = a monk; literally, “great glory.” _pôn-na_ = Hindus of Mandalay, descendants of captives from Assam or Manipur. _pwè_ = an assembly, most commonly an entertainment of a dramatic nature. _pya-that_ = a terraced spire. _sa-daw_ = a monk of high position. _Saw-bwa_ = a title of a Shan chief. _sa-ye-daw-gyi_ = clerks or secretaries of the _hlutdaw_. _shwe_ = gold, golden. _Su-paya_ = a Princess of royal birth on both sides. _taik_ = a territorial division, called in English a “circle.” _taik-thu-gyi_ = headman of a circle. _tamein_ = a woman’s skirt. _taung-ya_ = hill-cultivation. _tha-tha-na-baing_ = head of the monastic Order. _thu-gyi_ = headman; literally, “great man.” _twet_ = a term applied to a monk who renounces his Order. _win_ = a house and grounds. _wun_ = an official title of varying denotation. _yo-ma_ = a range of hills; literally, “backbone.” _za-yat_ = a rest-house. _ze-gyo_ = the great bazaar or market at Mandalay. FOOTNOTES: [1] _Môk-so-bo-myo_, the hunter’s city. [2] See p. 107. [3] Great or headman of the circle. [4] Principal taxpayer. [5] Headman of the village. [6] Members of the Provincial Civil Service. [7] Literally, heads of townships, members of the Subordinate Civil Service. [8] Major-General T. Lowndes, I.S.C. [9] Mr. B. Ribbentrop, C.I.E. [10] The late Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson, K.C.S.I., Lieut.-Governor of Bengal. [11] This term, formerly in ordinary use, is now obsolete. [12] Paddy is the local name for unhusked rice. [13] _Gyi_, great. [14] Major-General Horace Browne, I.S.C. [15] Colonel C. H. E. Adamson, C.I.E. [16] Mr. A. H. Hildebrand, C.I.E. [17] Called after General Godwin, who commanded the force in the Second War. [18] The population of Rangoon in 1881 was 134,176; in 1911 it numbered 293,316. In 1878 its trade was valued at £10,484,469, as compared with £32,040,000 in 1911 (private trade alone).