ခွာ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰwà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkwa • ALA-LC: khvā • BGN/PCGN: hkwa • Okell: hkwa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-k(w/r)a (“hoof”); compare Newar khwa (“hoof”) (STEDT). Chinese 花 (OC *hʷraː, “flower”) is likely unrelated.

Noun

ခွာ • (hkwa)

  1. hoof
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ခွာ • (hkwa)

Burmese verb set
Base ကွာ (kwa)
Causativeခွာ (hkwa)
  1. to leave, pull away
  2. to peel, skin (a potato, orange, wallpaper, etc.)
Derived terms
  • ခွာစစ် (hkwacac)
  • ခွာထား (hkwahta:)
  • ခွာပြဲ (hkwa-prai:)
  • ခွဲခွာ (hkwai:hkwa)
  • စစ်ခွာ (cachkwa)
  • စွန့်ခွာ (cwan.hkwa)
  • ဆုတ်ခွာ (hcuthkwa)
  • ထွက်ခွာ (htwakhkwa)
  • ပတ်စာခွာဖျာသိမ်း (patcahkwahpyasim:)
  • ဖယ်ခွာ (hpaihkwa)
  • ဖဲခွာ (hpai:hkwa)

Etymology 3

Related to ခဝါ (hka.wa, “laundry”).

Noun

ခွာ • (hkwa)

  1. (same as ခဝါသည် (hka.wasany)) launderer, laundress (washman, washwoman)
  2. (obsolete) slave given in dedication to a Buddhist temple for its maintenance and laundry work

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned in MED, or by STEDT or Luce 1981 it seems. Related to any of the above word classes?”)

Noun

ခွာ • (hkwa)

  1. clematis
Derived terms
  • ခွာညို (hkwa-nyui)
  • ခွာပြာ (hkwa-pra)

Further reading

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