ဝေါ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Mon ဝဝ်. Cognate with Lao ວໍ (wǭ), Khün ᩅᩳ, Shan ဝေႃး (wáu), Khmer វ (vɔɔ), and Thai วอ (wɔɔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wau: • ALA-LC: vo • BGN/PCGN: waw: • Okell: wò

Noun

ဝေါ • (wau:)

1. palanquin

Synonyms

• သန်လျင်း (sanlyang:)

Proper noun

ဝေါ • (wau:)

1. Waw, a town in Myanmar

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vo (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• वो (Devanagari script)
• ৰো (Bengali script)
• වො (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေႃ (Burmese script)
• โว (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂວ (Lao script)
• វោ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄮 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Pronoun

ဝေါ

1. Burmese script form of vo, which is accusative/instrumental/genitive/dative plural of တွံ (tvaṃ, “you”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ဝေါ

1. Burmese script form of vo, which is nominative singular of ဝ (va, “letter 'v'”)