Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /θwá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: swa: • ALA-LC: svāʺ • BGN/PCGN: thwa: • Okell: thwà
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Etymology 1 edit

 
သွား (swa:)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Jingpho wa (tooth) and Tibetan སོ (so).

Noun edit

သွား (swa:)

  1. tooth
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-wa.

Verb edit

သွား (swa:)

  1. to go
    သွားနဲ့
    ma.swa:nai.||
    Don't go!
Usage notes edit
  • The synonym used for Buddhist monks is ကြွ (krwa.).

References edit