သွား

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See also: သွာ, သား, ဘွား, and -သား

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θwá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: swa: • ALA-LC: svāʺ • BGN/PCGN: thwa: • Okell: thwà
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-wa (“to be in motion, go, come”), which appears to be the same as *s-wa-ŋ (“to go”). Cognate with Old Chinese 于 (OC *ɢʷa, “to proceed, go”) (STEDT). The "fornicate" sense is a semantic loan from Pali gacchati.

MED groups the "go" and "tooth" senses together, when they should be separated. It is unclear which sense the "be sharp" sense is related to.

Verb

သွား • (swa:)

  1. to go, proceed
    မသွားနဲ့။
    ma.swa:nai.||
    Don't go!
  2. to move (bowels)
  3. to depart
  4. to be incisive, be sharp
  5. to fornicate
Usage notes
  • The synonym used for Buddhist monks is ကြွ (krwa.).

Noun

သွား • (swa:)

  1. gait, walk
  2. (literary) style
  3. (melodic) tune
Derived terms

Particle

သွား • (swa:)

  1. particle suffixed to a verb to denote an increasing tendency or to convey a sense of certainty

Etymology 2

သွား (swa:)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa (“tooth”). Cognate with Jingpho wa (“tooth”) and Tibetan སོ (so).

Noun

သွား • (swa:)

  1. tooth
  2. cog, tooth
  3. blade, edge
Derived terms

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