famine; drought

to order or ask someone to do something / to put to work / to compare / to be contiguous; to face or move in the opposite direction. / to turn something on someone especially one's back.

the crape jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata)

to pluck or strip (leaves, petals, etc.) / to thresh / to deliver (a speech)

milk tea

to widen; to expand; to cause to be wide

(Buddhism) anatta

to catch fire, become alight

gullet, oesophagus

(historical) deputy commissioner, the title of a high-ranking colonial official in British Burma during British rule, superseded by ခရိုင်ဝန် (hka.ruing-wan) in 1948