ကွာ

• IPA^(key): /kwà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kwa • ALA-LC: kvā • BGN/PCGN: kwa • Okell: kwa

Base form of ခွာ (hkwa, “to pull away, peel”).

ကွာ • (kwa)

1. to become detached, be peeling off
2. to differ, be different
3. to separate
4. to be distant

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably a natural interjection.”)

ကွာ • (kwa)

1. (colloquial) word interjected when speaking to one's peers or to a younger person

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

Borrowed from Burmese ကွာ (kwa).

• IPA^(key): /kwa/

ကွာ (kwa)

1. to become separate, to come apart

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.