သွား
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θwá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: swa: • ALA-LC: svāʺ • BGN/PCGN: thwa: • Okell: thwà
Etymology 1
သွား (swa:)
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Jingpho wa (“tooth”) and Tibetan སོ (so).
Derived terms
- သွားဖုံး (swa:hpum:)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-wa.
Usage notes
- The synonym used for Buddhist monks is ကြွ (krwa.).
References
- “သွား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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