ᩅ

ᩅ U+1A45, ᩅ TAI THAM LETTER WA ← ᩄ [U+1A44] Tai Tham ᩆ → [U+1A46]

Translingual

Letter

ᩅ (va)

1. The 37th letter and 29th consonant of the Tai Tham Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiced, labiodental fricative (or approximant) consonant /v/.
   • Pali ᩅᩥᨶᩣᩈᨶ (vināsana, “destroying”)
   • Northern Thai ᨤ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨿ (kwaai, “water buffalo”)
   • Northern Thai ᩅ᩠ᨿᨦ (wiang, “walled city”)

Usage notes

In the modern vernaculars, in the syllable onset the letter represents the consonant variously described as /v/, /ʋ/ or /w‌‌/. As a final consonant, it represents /w/ (which may be treated as an allophone of the foregoing) or as a vowel element <wiki>[u]</nowiki>. Analyses vary. The final consonant may sometimes be written superscript, in which case it is encoded as U+1A74 TIA THAM SIGN MAI KANG ᩴ, for no contrast has been established. (Indeed, the use of the latter as a pure vowel mark may itself have originated as the use of a superscript form of this letter.)

This letter may also be used as mater lectionis in the modern vernaculars; it is usually written subscript in these case, but crowding may cause it to be written unsubscripted.

Descendants

• Lü: ᦞ (v)
• Lü: ᦛ (v̇)
• Lü: ᧟ (l̇aew)

See also

• ᩃ (previous letter of the Pali alphabet)
• ᩈ (next letter of the Pali alphabet)

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• iva (Latin script)
• 𑀇𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• इव (Devanagari script)
• ইৰ (Bengali script)
• ඉව (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဝ or ဢိဝ (Burmese script)
• อิว or อิวะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິວ or ອິວະ (Lao script)
• ឥវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

ᩅ

1. Tai Tham script form of va (“like, as if”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• eva (Latin script)
• 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• एव (Devanagari script)
• এৰ (Bengali script)
• එව (Sinhalese script)
• ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
• เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
• ឯវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• yeva (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• येव (Devanagari script)
• যেৰ (Bengali script)
• යෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ယေဝ (Burmese script)
• เยว or เยวะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຍວ or ເຍວະ or ເຢວະ (Lao script)
• យេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• ñeva (Latin script)
• 𑀜𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ञेव (Devanagari script)
• ঞেৰ (Bengali script)
• ඤෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ဉေဝ or ၺေဝ (Burmese script)
• เญว or เญวะ (Thai script)
• ᨬᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຎວ or ເຎວະ (Lao script)
• ញេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄐𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

ᩅ

1. Tai Tham script form of va, sandhi form of ᩑᩅ (eva, “even”)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Noun

ᩅ m

1. Tai Tham script form of va (“letter 'v'”)

Declension

Declension table of "ᩅ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	ᩅᩮᩤ (vo)
Accusative (second)	ᩅᩴ (vaṃ)
Instrumental (third)	ᩅᩮᨶ (vena)
Dative (fourth)	ᩅᩔ (vassa) or ᩅᩤᨿ (vāya) or ᩅᨲ᩠ᨳᩴ (vatthaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ᩅᩈ᩠ᨾᩣ (vasmā) or ᩅᨾ᩠ᩉᩣ (vamhā) or ᩅᩤ (vā)
Genitive (sixth)	ᩅᩔ (vassa)
Locative (seventh)	ᩅᩈ᩠ᨾᩥᩴ (vasmiṃ) or ᩅᨾ᩠ᩉᩥ (vamhi) or ᩅᩮ (ve)
Vocative (calling)	ᩅ (va)