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:)

palanquin

Synonyms

သန်လျင်း (sanlyang:)

Proper noun

ဝေါ • (wau:)

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

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

Etymology 2

Noun

ဝေါ

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