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See also: , ဝမ်း, ဝံ, ဝႆ, 𑄤, and 𑼮

U+101D, ဝ
MYANMAR LETTER WA

[U+101C]
Myanmar
[U+101E]

Translingual[edit]

Letter[edit]

  1. (A letter of the Mon-Burmese script, commonly transliterated wa; present in most alphabets of Burma.)

Burmese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Letter[edit]

(wa.)

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

(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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Parauk Va ().

Proper noun[edit]

(wa.)

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

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Hokkien (óa, I; me). Doublet of ငါ (nga).

Pronoun[edit]

(wa.)

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

Mon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

(wa)

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

Noun[edit]

(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[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Particle[edit]

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Particle[edit]

  1. Burmese script form of va, sandhi form of ဧဝဨဝဢေဝ (eva, even)

Shan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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