ဝ

See also: ၀, ဝမ်း, ဝံ, ဝႆ, 𑄤, and 𑼮

ဝ U+101D, ဝ MYANMAR LETTER WA ← လ [U+101C] Myanmar သ → [U+101E]

Translingual

Letter

ဝ

1. (A letter of the Mon-Burmese script, commonly transliterated wa; present in most alphabets of Burma.)

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wa. • ALA-LC: va • BGN/PCGN: wa. • Okell: wá

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Letter

ဝ • (wa.)

1. Wa, the 30th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ဝ • (wa.)

1. fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body)
2. full (satisfied, in relation to eating), satiated

Derived terms

• (fat): ဝဖီး (wa.hpi:)

Etymology 2

From Parauk Va (佤).

Proper noun

ဝ • (wa.)

1. Wa, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)

Descendants

• → English: Wa
• → Shan: ဝႃႉ (wâ̰a)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 我 (óa, “I; me”). Doublet of ငါ (nga).

Pronoun

ဝ • (wa.)

1. (slang, colloquial) I; me (first person pronoun used by Sino-Burmese people)

Mon

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛ̤ʔ/

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Letter

ဝ (wa)

1. Wa, the twenty-ninth consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Noun

ဝ (wa)

1. Wa, Lawa, pagan hill man practising slash-and-burn cultivation, a race of northern Burma and Siam formerly noted head hunters. They are closed by Mon writers, with the Karens as a people of more rudimentary culture, name of one of the Mon-Khmer language and its speakers found mainly in areas east of the Salween river in the Shan State.

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

• iva (Latin script)
• 𑀇𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• इव (Devanagari script)
• ইৰ (Bengali script)
• ඉව (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဝ or ဢိဝ (Burmese script)
• อิว or อิวะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິວ or ອິວະ (Lao script)
• ឥវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

ဝ

1. Burmese script form of va (“like, as if”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

• eva (Latin script)
• 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• एव (Devanagari script)
• এৰ (Bengali script)
• එව (Sinhalese script)
• ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
• เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
• ឯវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

• yeva (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• येव (Devanagari script)
• যেৰ (Bengali script)
• යෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ယေဝ (Burmese script)
• เยว or เยวะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຍວ or ເຍວະ or ເຢວະ (Lao script)
• យេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

• ñeva (Latin script)
• 𑀜𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ञेव (Devanagari script)
• ঞেৰ (Bengali script)
• ඤෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ဉေဝ or ၺေဝ (Burmese script)
• เญว or เญวะ (Thai script)
• ᨬᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຎວ or ເຎວະ (Lao script)
• ញេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄐𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

ဝ

1. Burmese script form of va, sandhi form of ဧဝ／ဨဝ／ဢေဝ (eva, “even”)

Shan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa˨˦/

Noun

ဝ • (wǎ)

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