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See also: , ဝမ်း, ဝံ, ဝႆ, 𑄤, and 𑼮

U+101D, ဝ
MYANMAR LETTER WA

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

Translingual

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Letter

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

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Letter

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(wa.)

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

Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (wɑ⁵³ "fat (of people)"). Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *bɯl, “fat”) as a cognate;[1] STEDT assigns the Chinese to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bu(r) (fat, fatty meat). If the Burmese is related, a bunch of sound laws would have to be figured out.”

Adjective

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(wa.)

  1. fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body), obese, plump
  2. full (satisfied, in relation to eating), satiated

Verb

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(wa.)

  1. to be satisfied

Derived terms

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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Parauk Va ().

Proper noun

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(wa.)

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

Etymology 4

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According to Hill 2019, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-rwa (taro, yam, tuber); see Old Chinese (OC *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas, “taro”) for more.

Noun

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(wa.)

  1. elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus campanulata)
Derived terms
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Etymology 5

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

Pronoun

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(wa.)

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

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WA Finals (138. Satisfied; Fat)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 8

Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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(wa)

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

Noun

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(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

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Particle

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

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Particle

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

Shan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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