သွား
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Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /θwá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: swa: • ALA-LC: svāʺ • BGN/PCGN: thwa: • Okell: thwà
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Jingpho wa (“tooth”) and Tibetan སོ (so).
Noun
[edit]သွား • (swa:)
Derived terms
[edit]- သွားဖုံး (swa:hpum:)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-wa (“to be in motion, go, come”), which appears to be the same as *s-wa-ŋ. Cognate with Old Chinese 于 (OC *ɢʷa, “to proceed, go”) (STEDT).
Verb
[edit]သွား • (swa:)
- to go
Usage notes
[edit]- The synonym used for Buddhist monks is ကြွ (krwa.).
References
[edit]- “သွား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.