ᩅ

ᩅ (va)

1. The 37th letter and 29th consonant of the Tai Tham Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiced, labiodental fricative (or approximant) consonant /v/.
   • Pali ᩅᩥᨶᩣᩈᨶ (vināsana, “destroying”)
   • Northern Thai ᨤ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨿ (kwaai, “water buffalo”)
   • Northern Thai ᩅ᩠ᨿᨦ (wiang, “walled city”)

In the modern vernaculars, in the syllable onset the letter represents the consonant variously described as /v/, /ʋ/ or /w‌‌/. As a final consonant, it represents /w/ (which may be treated as an allophone of the foregoing) or as a vowel element <wiki>[u]</nowiki>. Analyses vary. The final consonant may sometimes be written superscript, in which case it is encoded as U+1A74 TIA THAM SIGN MAI KANG ᩴ, for no contrast has been established. (Indeed, the use of the latter as a pure vowel mark may itself have originated as the use of a superscript form of this letter.)

This letter may also be used as mater lectionis in the modern vernaculars; it is usually written subscript in these case, but crowding may cause it to be written unsubscripted.

• Lü: ᦞ (v)
• Lü: ᦛ (v̇)
• Lü: ᧟ (l̇aew)

• ᩃ (previous letter of the Pali alphabet)
• ᩈ (next letter of the Pali alphabet)

ᩅ

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

ᩅ

1. Tai Tham script form of va, sandhi form of ᩑᩅ (eva, “even”)

ᩅ m

1. Tai Tham script form of va (“letter 'v'”)