ဝါ

See also: ဝါး

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wa • ALA-LC: vā • BGN/PCGN: wa • Okell: wa

Etymology 1

Cognate with Lashi [Term?] (-ˀu, “cotton”) (Hill 2019, p. 68) with further origin uncertain. Not given etymology by STEDT (wa "cotton"), while Luce adduces Tibetan བལ (bal, “wool”) as a cognate.[1] Note also similarities to Vietnamese vải (“cloth, fabric”).

Noun

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. cotton plant
  2. undressed cotton
Derived terms
  • ခန်းဝါ (hkan:wa)
  • ချည်မျှင်ရှည်ဝါ (hkyanyhmyanghranywa)
  • ခွံဝါ (hkwam-wa)
  • စာဝါ (cawa)
  • ညဝါ (nya.wa)
  • နေ့ဝါ (ne.wa)
  • ဖာသာလဝါ (hpasala.wa)
  • လဲဝါ (lai:wa)
  • ဝါကြိတ် (wa-krit)
  • ဝါကြိတ်လိမ် (wa-kritlim)
  • ဝါကောက် (wakauk)
  • ဝါချည် (wahkyany)
  • ဝါဂွမ်း (wagwam:)
  • ဝါစေ့ပြောက် (wace.prauk)
  • ဝါပောက် (wapauk)
  • ဝါဖတ် (wahpat)
  • ဝါဖတ်ခြင်း (wahpathkrang:)
  • ဝါဖတ်လေး (wahpatle:)
  • ဝါဖန် (wahpan)
  • အထက်ဝါ (a.htak-wa)
  • အောက်ဝါ (auk-wa)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa, “rain; year”).

Noun

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. period of monsoon retreat for Buddhist monks; Buddhist lent
  2. number of years of monkhood
Derived terms
  • ထေရ်ကြီးဝါကြီး (hterkri:wa-kri:)
  • ဒုတိယဝါဆို (du.ti.ya.wahcui)
  • ပထမဝါဆို (pa.hta.ma.wahcui)
  • ဝါကပ် (wakap)
  • ဝါကျွတ် (wa-kywat)
  • ဝါကျိုး (wa-kyui:)
  • ဝါကြီး (wa-kri:)
  • ဝါကြီးထပ် (wa-kri:htap)
  • ဝါခောင် (wahkaung)
  • ဝါငယ် (wa-ngai)
  • ဝါငယ်ထပ် (wa-ngaihtap)
  • ဝါစဉ် (wacany)
  • ဝါဆို (wahcui)
  • ဝါတွင်း (wa-twang:)
  • ဝါထပ် (wahtap)
  • ဝါထပ်ရက်ငင် (wahtap-rakngang)
  • ဝါထွက် (wahtwak)
  • ဝါနု (wanu.)
  • ဝါပ (wapa.)
  • ဝါပန် (wapan)
  • ဝါရင့် (warang.)
  • ဝါဝင် (wawang)
  • ဝါဦး (wau:)
  • သက်ကြီးဝါကြီး (sakkri:wa-kri:)
  • သီတင်းဝါလ (sitang:wala.)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit वार (vāra, “moment, occasion”).

Noun

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. (day or night) religious lesson given to monks

Etymology 4

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/s-wa (“white; yellow; bright”), which is part of a complex word family with many allofams. More distant cognates from the allofam *hwaŋ (“shine, bright, yellow”) include ဝင်း (wang:, “bright”) and Old Chinese 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “yellow”) (STEDT).

Adjective

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. yellow
  2. (of voice) stentorian, loud

Verb

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. to boast, brag, exaggerate

Noun

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. aura, glow
  2. sight, look, vision
Derived terms
  • ကြွားဝါ (krwa:wa)
  • ကြေးဝါ (kre:wa)
  • ငှက်ဝါ (hngak-wa)
  • စံကားဝါ (camka:wa)
  • ထည်ထည်ဝါဝါ (htanyhtanywawa)
  • ထည်ဝါ (htanywa)
  • ဘယ်သူဘယ်ဝါ (bhaisubhaiwa)
  • မည်သူမည်ဝါ (manysumanywa)
  • မုန်လာဥဝါ (munlau.wa)
  • ဝင့်ဝါ (wang.wa)
  • ဝါကြင့်ကြင့် (wa-krang.krang.)
  • ဝါကြင်ကြင် (wa-krangkrang)
  • ဝါကြန့်ကြန့် (wa-kran.kran.)
  • ဟန်ရေးဝါရေး (hanre:ware:)
  • အဝါ (a.wa)
  • အသံဝါ (a.sam-wa)
  • အသားဝါရောဂါ (a.sa:warau:ga)

Proper noun

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. a female given name

See also

Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text)
     ဖြူ (hpru)      မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:)      မည်း (many:)
             နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:)              လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui)              ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac)
             စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa)              စိမ်း (cim:)              စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup)
             စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak)              ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra)              ပြာ (pra)
             ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai)              ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra)              ပန်း (pan:)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Pali vā.

Conjunction

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. in other words; or; also known as
Derived terms
  • ဝါပောက် (wapauk)

Etymology 6

Verb

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. to estimate length, height

Noun

ဝါ • (wa)

  1. extent, span, part

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WA Finals (141. Cotton (raw)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 8

Further reading

Mon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛ̤a̤/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Classifier

ဝါ (wā)

  1. time (for counting)
    တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန်မရနုက်ကဵု (၆၈) ဝါ
    The 68th [time of] Mon National Day

Etymology 2

Noun

ဝါ (wā)

  1. open ground not under cultivation or pasture
  2. alternative form of ဝဴ

Etymology 3

Compare Thai ว่าว (wâao).

Noun

ဝါ (wā)

  1. kite
Derived terms
  • ဝါကဝ
  • ဝါက္ၜၚ်ကျာ
  • ဝါခဍိ
  • ဝါဇြုံ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • vā (Latin script)
  • 𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • वा (Devanagari script)
  • ৰা (Bengali script)
  • වා (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝႃ (Burmese script)
  • วา (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩤ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວາ (Lao script)
  • វា (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Conjunction

ဝါ (vā)

  1. Burmese script form of vā (“or”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ဝါ

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

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *ɡwaᴬ (“husband”) (Luangthongkum, 2019). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဝၤ (wā), Western Kayah ꤠꤢꤧ꤬ (vàe).

Pronunciation

  • (Northern Pa'o) IPA(key): /wa³³/
  • (Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /wa⁵³/

Noun

ဝါ (transliteration needed)

  1. husband

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *ʔbwaᴬ (“white”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *ʔwa³ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/s-wa (“white; yellow; bright”). Cognate with Pa'o Karen ဗွာ, Western Pwo ဘွၩ, Eastern Pwo အွာ (ʔwà), Western Kayah ꤙꤢꤨ꤭ (bū).

Adjective

ဝါ • (wah)

  1. white
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