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Myanmar English Dictionary

Vowel 'A'

• ဝ | wa1; wa1; wa1; wa1; wa1
  
  (1) the twenty ninth character ဝလုံး | wa1 lone3.
  
  ဝဆွဲ | wa1 hsweare3 - consonant modification symbol (ွ).
  
  ဝလုံး | wa1 lone3 - another name for the twenty ninth character.
  
  (2) fat; plump; chubby; full-figure; plus-size; obese; overweight; buxom; voluptuous; portly; beer belly; stout.
  
  ဝတုတ် | wa1 toat
  ဝတုတ်ပြဲ | wa1 toat pyeare3 - very fat; rotund; corpulent; obese; overweight.
  
  ဝဖီး | wa1 pfe3 - heavyweight; stout; chubby.
  
  ဝဖြိုး | wa1 pfyo3 - full-figure; plus-size.
  
  ဝဝတစ်တစ် | wa1 wa1 tit tit - buxom; voluptuous; well-endowed.
  
  (3) be satiated; be satisfied; be full; be replete after eating.
  
  အိပ်ရေးဝရဲ့လား | ate-yay3 wa1 yeare1 la3 - Did you sleep well?
  
  (4) ethnic people living in north eastern Myanmar known as ဝလူမျိုး | wa1 lu2-myo3 - ethnic Wa People.
  
  (5) elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus campanulata.)
  
  ဝဥ | wa1 u1 - tuber of elephant foot yam.
  
  (6) ungratefully as in လူဝါးဝ | lu2 wa3 wa1 - be insolent.
  
  ဝကွက် | wa1 kwet - specifically; deliberately.
  
  ဝကွက်ချန် | wa1 kwet chan2 - deliberately leave out.
  
  ဝစီ | wa1-zi2 - speech; spoken words.
  
  ဝစီကံ | wa1-zi2 gun2 - speech with intention which will bear consequences.
  
  ဝဇီရာ | wa1-zi2-ya2 - diamond.
  
  ဝနာ | wa1-na2 - [Pali] jungle.
  
  ဝရဇိန် | wa1-ra1-zain2 - thunderbolt weapon (vajra) carried by Indra, a deity in Hinduism who is also known as Sakka (Sakra), a guardian deity king in Buddhism.
  
  ဝရီး | wa1-yi3 - uncle.
  
  ဝရန်တာ | wa1-run2-da2 - veranda; porch or structure attached to the exterior of the building.
  
  ဝရုန်းသုန်းကား | wa1-yone3 thone3-ga3 - in disarray.
  
  ဝရမ်း | wa1-yan3 - [English] warrant.
  
  ဝရမ်းထုတ် | wa1-yan3 htoat - issue warrant.
  
  ဝရမ်းပြေး | wa1-yan3 byay3 - fugitive; outlaw.
  
  ဝလချီးလည် | wa1-la1-chi3 leare2 - be overwhelmed.
  
  ဝလာ | wa1-la2 - [Pali] clouds; heavens; sky.
  
  ဝလာဟကမြင်း | wa1-la2 ha1-ka1 myin3 - [Pali] Pegasus, a mythical flying horse.
  
  ဝသီ | wa1-thi2 - [Pali] character; trait; inclination.
  
  ဝသန် | wa1-thun2
  ဝဿာန | wa1-thun2-na1 - rainy season.
  
  ဝသန္တ | wa1-thun2-da1 - [Pali] beginning of summer; spring.
  
  ဝသုန် | wa1-thone2 - [Pali] earth.
  
  ဝသုန္ဓရေ | wa1-thone2 da1-ray2 - [Pali] god of earth.
  
  ဝဟည်း | wa1-he3 - medicinal plant.
  
  
• [Sounds like wa1]
  
  ဝီရိယ | wa1-ri1-ya1 - effort; endeavor; striving.
  
  
• ဝါ | wa2; wa2; wa2; wa2
  
  (1) yellow (color.)
  
  အဝါရောင် | a-wa2 youn2; a-wa2 youn2 - yellow color.
  
  (2) loud (voice.)
  
  (3) cotton plant.
  
  (4) three months of rainy season retreats for Buddhist monks.
  
  (5) region as in အထက်ဝါ | a-htet wa2 - upper region.
  
  (6) glow of the light.
  
  (7) appearance; look.
  
  (8) part of female Burmese names as in ခိုင်ရွှေဝါ | khine2 shway2 wa2 - Khine Shwe War.
  
  (9) conjunction AKA (also known as) used in brackets as in (ဝါ) | wa2.
  
  (10) estimate length.
  
  (11) boast; brag; show off as in ကြွားဝါ | kjwa3 wa2.
  
  ဝါကောက် | wa2 kout - pick cotton.
  
  ဝါကျ | wet-kja1 - [grammar] sentence.
  
  ဝါကျတည်ဆောင်ပုံ | wet-kja1 ti2-hsout-pone2
  ဝါကျအထားအသို | wet-kja1 a-hta3 a-tho2 - [grammar] syntax; sentence structure.
  
  ဝါကျဖြတ်သင်္ကေတ | wet-kja1-pfyut thin2-kay2-ta1 - punctuation mark.
  
  ဝါကျိုး | wa2 kjo3 - Buddhist monk to break the monastic rule during rainy season retreat by not returning to the designated place in seven days.
  
  ဝါကျွတ် | wa2 kjoot - arrive at the end of rainy season retreat. wa2-joot - end of rainy season retreat.
  
  ဝါကြီး | wa2 kji3 - be senior in monkhood. wa2-ji3 - senior monk.
  
  ဝါကြီးခြင်း | wa2-kji3 jin3 - seniority.
  
  ဝါကြီးထပ် | wa2-ji3 htut - intercalate (add) a month in ဝါဆို Waso lunar month to make adjustment with the solar year.
  
  ဝါကြင်ကြင် | wa2 kjin2-jin2
  ဝါကြင့်ကြင့် | wa2 kjin1-jin1
  ဝါကြန့်ကြန့် | wa2-kjan1-jan1 - yellowish.
  
  ဝါကြိတ် | wa1-jate - (1) cotton gin. wa2 kjate - gin cotton to separate seeds.
  
  ဝါခေါင် | wa2-goun2 - the fifth month in Myanmar Calendar.
  
  ဝါချည် | wa2-ji2 - cotton yarn.
  
  ဝါဂွမ်း | wa2-goon3 - cotton.
  
  ဝါငယ် | wa2 ngeare2 - junior in monkhood years.
  
  ဝါစက | wa2-sa1-ka1 - [grammar] predicate.
  
  ဝါစာ | wa2-sa2 - words; speech; utterance; vocalization.
  
  ဝါစာကမာ | wa2-sa2 ka1-ma2 - wording; phrasing; verbiage.
  
  ဝါစာသိလိဋ္ဌ | wa2-sa2 thi1-late-hta1 - pleasing and harmonious word with euphonic effect.
  
  ဝါစေ့ပြောက် | wa2 zay1 byout - mole or speckle on skin.
  
  ဝါစင်္ဂ | wa2-sin2-ga1 - [Pali] parts of speech.
  
  ဝါစဉ် | wa2 sin2 - order of seniority.
  
  ဝါဆို | wa2-zo2 - the fourth month in Myanmar Calendar.
  
  ဝါဆိုပန်း | wa2-zo2 bun3 - (1) globba marantina (flower). (2) flowers offered to the Buddha on the full-moon day of ဝါဆို Waso month.
  
  ဝါဆိုဖယောင်းတိုင် | wa2-zo2 pfa1-youn3 dine2 - large candle offered in the period of Waso Month.
  
  ဝါဆိုလပြည့်နေ့ | wa2-zo2 la1 byay1 nay1 - full-moon day of Waso month.
  
  ဝါဆိုသင်္ကန်း | wa2-zo2 thin2-gun3 - monk's robe offered during Waso month.
  
  ဝါဏိဇ္ဇ | wa2-nate-za1 - trade; commerce.
  
  ဝါဏိဇ္ဇပဋိပက္ခ | wa2-nate-za1 pa1-ti1-pet-kha1 - trade war; trade dispute.
  
  ဝါတာပိုလို | wa2-ta2 po2-lo2 - waterpolo.
  
  ဝါတွင်း | wa2-dwin3 - rainy season retreat for Buddhist monks.
  
  ဝါထပ် | wa2 htut - intercalate (add) a month in ဝါဆို Waso lunar month.
  
  ဝါဒ | wa2-da1 - ideology; doctrine; suffix 'ism'. E.g., ကွန်မြူနစ်ဝါဒ | koon2-mu2-nit wa2-da1 - communism.
  
  ဝါဒဖြန့် | wa2-da1 pfyan1 - disseminate propaganda.
  
  ဝါဒဖြန့်မှု | wa2-da1 pfyan1 hmu1 - propaganda.
  
  ဝါဒသွင်း | wa2-da1 thwin3 - indoctrinate; brainwash; revolutionize.
  
  ဝါဒီ | wa2-de2 - follower of a doctrine or ideology.
  
  ဝါနု | wa2 nu1 - inexperienced; junior.
  
  ဝါနုကစားသမား | wa2-nu1 ga1-za3 dtha1-ma3 - rookie; beginner.
  
  ဝါပေါက် | wa2 bout - cotton sprout.
  
  ဝါပျက် | wa2 pyet - See ဝါကျိုး | wa2 kjo3.
  
  ဝါဖတ် | wa2 but - cotton flake.
  
  ဝါဖန် | wa2 pfun2 - gin cotton to separate cotton from seeds.
  
  ဝါယမ | wa2-ya1-ma1 - effort.
  
  ဝါယော | wa2-yau3 - volatility; air element in the Four Great Elements representing energy, motion, movement and expansion.
  
  ဝါရမိတ္တုရက် | wa2-ya1 mate-tu1 yet - unlucky day.
  
  ဝါရင့် | wa2 yin1 - experienced; senior.
  
  ဝါရှာ | wa2-sha2 - [English] washer; flat disk seal; lock ring.
  
  ဝါဝင် | wa2 win2 - beginning of the rainy season retreat.
  
  ဝါသနာ | wa2-dtha1-na2 - hobby; interest; pastime; spare-time activity.
  
  ဝါသနာပါ | wa2-dtha1-na2 pa2 - have an interest; pursue as a hobby; enjoy as a spare-time activity.
  
  ဝါသနာအိုး | wa2-dtha1-na2 o3 - enthusiast; fan; addict.
  
  ဝါသဝ | wa2-tha1-wa1 - Indra, a deity in Hinduism; Sakka (Sakra), a guardian deity king in Buddhism.
  
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• ဝါး | wa3; wa3; wa3; wa3
  
  (1) chew as in ဝါးစား | wa3 sa3.
  
  (2) hazy; foggy; misty; blurred (vision).
  
  (3) indistinct (voice).
  
  (4) bamboo. (Note: bamboo shoot is called မျှစ် | hmyit, and sour bamboo shoot is called မျှစ်ချဉ် | hmyit-chin2.)
  
  (5) timing in Myanmar traditional music.
  
  (6) bamboo clappers used as a timing instrument in Myanmar traditional music.
  
  (7) numerical classifier (measure word) for counting length about the width of handsbreadth as in လက်တစ်ဝါး | let ta1-wa3.
  
  ဝါးကပ် | wa1-gut - bamboo matting used in building huts.
  
  ဝါးခြမ်း | wa1-chan3 - bamboo slat.
  
  ဝါးချွန် | wa1-choon2 - bamboo with sharp end.
  
  ဝါးဆစ် | wa1-hsit - bamboo joint.
  
  ဝါးညှပ်အက | wa3 hnyut a-ka1 - ethnic Kayin (Karen) group dance in which dancers jump between bamboo poles timed to music.
  
  ဝါးတစ်ပြန် | wa3 da1-byan2
  ဝါးတစ်ရိုက် | wa3 ta1-yite - length of a bamboo pole used for a rough measurement.
  
  ဝါးနားပင်း | wa3 na1-bin3 - solid bamboo.
  
  ဝါးနက် | wa1-net - a type of dark glossy bamboo; long-sheath bamboo (dendrocalamus longispathus).
  
  ဝါးပေး | wa3 pay3 - strike paddy stalks with bamboo pole to facilitate reaping.
  
  ဝါးပိုး | wa1-bo3 - dragon bamboo; giant bamboo (dendrocalamus giganteus), one of the largest bamboo species in the world which typically reaches a height of 30 meters (98 feet).
  
  ဝါးပိုးမျက်ဆန်ကျယ် | wa1-bo3 myet-hsun2 kjeare2 - Hamilton's bamboo (dendrocalamus hamiltonii), a species of bamboo, 12–15 cm in diameter and grows up to 15–18 m in height.
  
  ဝါးဖယောင်း | wa3 pfa1-youn3 - Velvet Leaf Bamboo, Teddy Bear Bamboo, or Sweet Dragon Bamboo (dendrocalamus brandisii), one of the largest tropical clumping bamboos in the world which reaches 19 - 33 meters in height, 13 - 20cm in diameter with walls 25 - 50mm thick and internodes 30 - 38cm long.
  
  ဝါးဖောင် | wa3 pfoun2 - bamboo raft.
  
  ဝါးမင်း | wa1-min3 - a type of hard bamboo with nodes at short interval (bambusa wamin); Dwarf Buddha Belly Bamboo, common bamboo.
  
  ဝါးမျက် | wa1-myet - node of bamboo.
  
  ဝါးမြို | wa3 myo2 - devour.
  
  ဝါးယား | wa1-ya3 - a type of bamboo for making paper pulp (oxytenanthera nigrociliata).
  
  ဝါးယောင်းငှက် | wa1-youn3 hnget - greater necklaced laughing-thrush (bird).
  
  ဝါးယောင်းမှို | wa1-youn3 hmo2 - a type of edible mushroom which grows on rotting bamboo clumps.
  
  ဝါးရင်းတုတ် | wa1-yin3 doat - bamboo staff.
  
  ဝါးရောင်းချဉ် | wa1-youn3 jin2 - edible vine with juicy sour tasting leaves that grows on bamboo groves.
  
  ဝါးရုံ | wa1-yone2 - bamboo grove.
  
  ဝါးလက်ခုပ် | wa3 let-khoat - bamboo clappers.
  
  ဝါးလောင်း | wa1-loun3 - young bamboo.
  
  ဝါးလတ်စည်း | wa1-lut si3 - regular timing of alternating bell and bamboo clapper sound in Myanmar traditional music.
  
  ဝါးလုံး | wa1-lone3 - bamboo pole.
  
  ဝါးလုံးထိုး | wa1-lone3 doe3 - abundantly; profusely.
  
  ဝါးလုံးထောက်ခုန် | wa1-lone3 dout khone2 - pole-vault.
  
  ဝါးသုဉ်း | wa3 thone3 - bamboo to die out after flowering.
  
  ဝါးခနဲရယ် | wa3 ga1-neare3 yi2 - laugh heartily.
  
  ဝါးခနဲသမ်း | wa3 ga1-neare3 thun3 - yawn loudly.
  
  ဝါးဥ | wa3 u1 - East Indian arrowroot (curcuma angustifolia).