ဝ

See also: ၀, ဝမ်း, ဝံ, ဝႆ, and 𑄤

ဝ U+101D, ဝ
MYANMAR LETTER WA
← လ
[U+101C]
Myanmar သ →
[U+101E]

Translingual

Letter

ဝ

  1. Wa, the 30th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wa. • ALA-LC: va • BGN/PCGN: wa. • Okell: wá
  • (file)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ဝ • (wa.)

  1. fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body)
  2. full (satisfied, in relation to eating), satiated
Derived terms
  • (fat): ဝဖီး (wa.hpi:)

Etymology 2

From Parauk Va (佤).

Proper noun

ဝ • (wa.)

  1. Wa, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)
Descendants
  • → English: Wa
  • → Shan: ဝႃႉ (wâ̰a)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Min Nan 我 (óa, “I; me”). Doublet of ငါ (nga).

Pronoun

ဝ • (wa.)

  1. (slang, colloquial) I; me (first person pronoun used by Sino-Burmese people)

Mon

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛ̤ʔ/
  • (file)

Letter

ဝ (wa)

  1. Wa, the twenty-ninth consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Noun

ဝ (wa)

  1. Wa, Lawa, pagan hill man practising slash-and-burn cultivation, a race of northern Burma and Siam formerly noted head hunters. They are closed by Mon writers, with the Karens as a people of more rudimentary culture, name of one of the Mon-Khmer language and its speakers found mainly in areas east of the Salween river in the Shan State.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From iva.

Particle

ဝ

  1. Burmese script form of va (“like, as if”)

Shan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa˨˦/

Noun

ဝ • (wǎ)

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