သွား

See also: သွာ, သား, ဘွား, and -သား

Burmese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

သွား (swa:)

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

Noun

သွား • (swa:)

1. tooth

Derived terms

• သွားဖုံး (swa:hpum:)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-wa.

Verb

သွား • (swa:)

1. to go

   မသွားနဲ့။

   ma.swa:nai.||

   Don't go!

Usage notes

• The synonym used for Buddhist monks is ကြွ (krwa.).

References

• “သွား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.