သွား
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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.