ပွား

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Burmese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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, if it's even mentioned (pwaʼ "puffy, rise, swell ( cf. pwak, bwak )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Looks like it could be connected to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pwa(ŋ/k) (to open), whence ဖွင့် (hpwang., idem).”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pwá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pwa: • ALA-LC: pvāʺ • BGN/PCGN: pwa: • Okell: pwà

Verb

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ပွား (pwa:)

  1. to grow or increase in number or size; to spread out
  2. (through meditation) to nurture

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ပွား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 679.
  • ပွား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • ပွါး” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.