See also: ဝါး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Lashi [script needed] (-ˀu, cotton) (Hill 2019, p. 68) with further origin uncertain. Not given etymology by STEDT (wa "cotton"), while Luce adduces Tibetan བལ (bal, wool) as a cognate.[1] Note also similarities to Vietnamese vải (cloth, fabric).

Noun

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. cotton plant
  2. undressed cotton
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa, rain; year).

Noun

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. period of monsoon retreat for Buddhist monks; Buddhist lent
  2. number of years of monkhood
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Sanskrit वार (vāra, moment, occasion).

Noun

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. (day or night) religious lesson given to monks

Etymology 4

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/s-wa (white; yellow; bright), which is part of a complex word family with many allofams. More distant cognates from the allofam *hwaŋ (shine, bright, yellow) include ဝင်း (wang:, bright) and Old Chinese (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “yellow”) (STEDT).

Adjective

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. yellow
  2. (of voice) stentorian, loud

Verb

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. to boast, brag, exaggerate

Noun

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. aura, glow
  2. sight, look, vision
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Proper noun

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. a female given name

See also

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Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text)
     ဖြူ (hpru)      မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:)      မည်း (many:)
             နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:)              လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui)              ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac)
             စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa)              စိမ်း (cim:)              စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup)
             စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak)              ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra)              ပြာ (pra)
             ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai)              ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra)              ပန်း (pan:)

Etymology 5

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Borrowed from Pali .

Conjunction

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. in other words; or; also known as
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Etymology 6

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Related to ထွာ (htwa, to measure), via a dropped initial?”

Verb

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. to estimate length, height

Noun

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ဝါ (wa)

  1. extent, span, part

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WA Finals (141. Cotton (raw)”, 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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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wɛ̤a̤/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Classifier

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ဝါ ()

  1. time (for counting)
    တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန်မရနုက်ကဵု (၆၈) ဝါ
    The 68th [time of] Mon National Day

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ဝါ ()

  1. open ground not under cultivation or pasture
  2. Alternative form of ဝဴ

Etymology 3

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Compare Thai ว่าว (wâao).

Noun

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ဝါ ()

  1. kite
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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Conjunction

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ဝါ ()

  1. Burmese script form of

Pa'o Karen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *ɡwaᴬ (husband) (Luangthongkum, 2019). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဝၤ (), Western Kayah ꤠꤢꤧ꤬ (vàe).

Pronunciation

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  • (Northern Pa'o) IPA(key): /wa³³/
  • (Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /wa⁵³/

Noun

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ဝါ (transliteration needed)

  1. husband
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S'gaw Karen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *ʔbwaᴬ (white) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *ʔwa³ (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/s-wa (white; yellow; bright). Cognate with Pa'o Karen ဗွာ, Western Pwo ဘွၩ, Eastern Pwo အွာ (ʔwà), Western Kayah ꤙꤢꤨ꤭ ().

Adjective

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ဝါ (wah)

  1. white
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Note 2