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