အဘွား

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ ဘွား (bhwa:), the latter element from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pʷa-n (“grandmother”)

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ဖွား
  • IPA(key): /ʔəpʰwá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.bhwa: • ALA-LC: ʼabhvāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăhpwa: • Okell: ăhpwà

Noun

အဘွား • (a.bhwa:)

  1. grandmother

Derived terms

  • အဘွားကြီး (a.bhwa:kri:)
  • အဘွားလေး (a.bhwa:le:)
  • အဘွားအို (a.bhwa:ui)
  • အဘိုးအဘွား (a.bhui:a.bhwa:)

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