သွား

See also: သား and -သား

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θwá/

Romanization: MLCTS: swa: • ALA-LC: svā″ • 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).

Noun

သွား • (swa:)

tooth

Derived terms

သွားဖုံး (swa:hpum:)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-wa.

Verb

သွား • (swa:)

to go

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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