ဝး

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Eastern Pwo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *hwaᴮ (bamboo). Cognate with Western Kayah ꤠꤟꤢꤧ꤬ (và̤e), Burmese ဝါး (wa:), S'gaw Karen ဝၣ် ().

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ဝး ()

  1. (Hpa-an) bamboo

References

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  • A. Kato (2009) “A Basic Vocabulary of Htoklibang Pwo Karen with Hpa-an, Kyonbyaw, and Proto-Pwo Karen Forms”, in Asian and African Languages and Linguistics, volume 4, page 200
  • A. Kato (2019) “Pwo Karen”, in A. Vittrant & J. Watkins, editors, The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area, page 140