သွား
Burmese
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /θwá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: swa: • ALA-LC: svāʺ • BGN/PCGN: thwa: • Okell: thwà
Etymology 1
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Jingpho wa (“tooth”) and Tibetan སོ (so).
Noun
editသွား • (swa:)
Derived terms
edit- သွားဖုံး (swa:hpum:)
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editသွား • (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.