ဝတ်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wat • ALA-LC: vatʻ • BGN/PCGN: wut • Okell: wuʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *wyatᴸ (“to wear clothes”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *w(y)a-t ~ wit (“to wear; to clothe”). Cognate with Nuosu ꃢ (vit), Lolopo veixr (“to wear, to put on (clothes)”), Athpare वाट्मा (waʈma, “to put on clothes, to wear”), वाप्‍मा (wapma, “to wear”), and possibly Old Chinese 衣 (OC *qɯl, *qɯls, “clothing”) (STEDT).

Verb

ဝတ် • (wat)

  1. to wear (have on clothes, etc.), put on, adorn
    Synonym: ရုံ (rum)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali vatta.

Noun

ဝတ် • (wat)

  1. duty, responsibility
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Etymology 3

According to STEDT (wat-rak "juice of flowers"), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s-watᴴ (“to bloom; flower”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b/s-wat (“flower”). Cognate with Lahu (vêʔ, “flower”).

Noun

ဝတ် • (wat)

  1. small particle
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