See also: ဝါး

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/s-wa (white; yellow; bright).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ဝါ (wa)

  1. yellow

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

ဝါ (wa)

  1. a female given name

See also edit

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:)

References edit

Mon edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /wɛ̤a̤/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Classifier edit

ဝါ ()

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

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ဝါ ()

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

Etymology 3 edit

Compare Thai ว่าว (wâao).

Noun edit

ဝါ ()

  1. kite
Derived terms edit

Pa'o Karen edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ဝါ (transliteration needed)

  1. husband

Related terms edit

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Conjunction edit

ဝါ ()

  1. Burmese script form of

S'gaw Karen edit

Etymology edit

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, Western Kayah ꤙꤢꤨ꤭ ().

Adjective edit

ဝါ (wah)

  1. white