# ဝါ
## Burmese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wà/
* Romanization: MLCTS: wa • ALA-LC: vā • BGN/PCGN: wa • Okell: wa

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Lashi [script needed] (-ˀu, “cotton”) (Hill 2019, p. 68) with further origin uncertain. Not given etymology by STEDT (wa "cotton"), while Luce adduces Tibetan བལ (bal, “wool”) as a cognate. Note also similarities to Vietnamese vải (“cloth, fabric”).

#### Noun

ဝါ • (wa)
* cotton plant
* undressed cotton

##### Derived terms

* ခန်းဝါ (hkan:wa)
* ချည်မျှင်ရှည်ဝါ (hkyanyhmyanghranywa)
* ခွံဝါ (hkwam-wa)
* စာဝါ (cawa)
* ညဝါ (nya.wa)
* နေ့ဝါ (ne.wa)
* ဖာသာလဝါ (hpasala.wa)
* လဲဝါ (lai:wa)
* ဝါကြိတ် (wa-krit)
* ဝါကြိတ်လိမ် (wa-kritlim)
* ဝါကောက် (wakauk)
* ဝါချည် (wahkyany)
* ဝါဂွမ်း (wagwam:)
* ဝါစေ့ပြောက် (wace.prauk)
* ဝါပောက် (wapauk)
* ဝါဖတ် (wahpat)
* ဝါဖတ်ခြင်း (wahpathkrang:)
* ဝါဖတ်လေး (wahpatle:)
* ဝါဖန် (wahpan)
* အထက်ဝါ (a.htak-wa)
* အောက်ဝါ (auk-wa)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa, “rain; year”).

#### Noun

ဝါ • (wa)
* period of monsoon retreat for Buddhist monks; Buddhist lent
* number of years of monkhood

##### Derived terms

* ထေရ်ကြီးဝါကြီး (hterkri:wa-kri:)
* ဒုတိယဝါဆို (du.ti.ya.wahcui)
* ပထမဝါဆို (pa.hta.ma.wahcui)
* ဝါကပ် (wakap)
* ဝါကျွတ် (wa-kywat)
* ဝါကျိုး (wa-kyui:)
* ဝါကြီး (wa-kri:)
* ဝါကြီးထပ် (wa-kri:htap)
* ဝါခောင် (wahkaung)
* ဝါငယ် (wa-ngai)
* ဝါငယ်ထပ် (wa-ngaihtap)
* ဝါစဉ် (wacany)
* ဝါဆို (wahcui)
* ဝါတွင်း (wa-twang:)
* ဝါထပ် (wahtap)
* ဝါထပ်ရက်ငင် (wahtap-rakngang)
* ဝါထွက် (wahtwak)
* ဝါနု (wanu.)
* ဝါပ (wapa.)
* ဝါပန် (wapan)
* ဝါရင့် (warang.)
* ဝါဝင် (wawang)
* ဝါဦး (wau:)
* သက်ကြီးဝါကြီး (sakkri:wa-kri:)
* သီတင်းဝါလ (sitang:wala.)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit वार (vāra, “moment, occasion”).

#### Noun

ဝါ • (wa)
* (day or night) religious lesson given to monks

### Etymology 4

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/s-wa (“white; yellow; bright”), which is part of a complex word family with many allofams. More distant cognates from the allofam *hwaŋ (“shine, bright, yellow”) include ဝင်း (wang:, “bright”) and Old Chinese 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “yellow”) (STEDT).

#### Adjective

ဝါ • (wa)
* yellow
* (of voice) stentorian, loud

#### Verb

ဝါ • (wa)
* to boast, brag, exaggerate

#### Noun

ဝါ • (wa)
* aura, glow
* sight, look, vision

##### Derived terms

* ကြွားဝါ (krwa:wa)
* ကြေးဝါ (kre:wa)
* ငှက်ဝါ (hngak-wa)
* စံကားဝါ (camka:wa)
* ထည်ထည်ဝါဝါ (htanyhtanywawa)
* ထည်ဝါ (htanywa)
* ဘယ်သူဘယ်ဝါ (bhaisubhaiwa)
* မည်သူမည်ဝါ (manysumanywa)
* မုန်လာဥဝါ (munlau.wa)
* ဝင့်ဝါ (wang.wa)
* ဝါကြင့်ကြင့် (wa-krang.krang.)
* ဝါကြင်ကြင် (wa-krangkrang)
* ဝါကြန့်ကြန့် (wa-kran.kran.)
* ဟန်ရေးဝါရေး (hanre:ware:)
* အဝါ (a.wa)
* အသံဝါ (a.sam-wa)
* အသားဝါရောဂါ (a.sa:warau:ga)

#### Proper noun

ဝါ • (wa)
* a female given name

#### See also

Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text) :
| ဖြူ (hpru) | မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:) | မည်း (many:) |
| နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:) | လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui) | ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac) |
| စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa) | စိမ်း (cim:) | စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup) |
| စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak) | ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra) | ပြာ (pra) |
| ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai) | ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra) | ပန်း (pan:) |

### Etymology 5

Borrowed from Pali vā.

#### Conjunction

ဝါ • (wa)
* in other words; or; also known as

##### Derived terms

* ဝါပောက် (wapauk)

### Etymology 6

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Related to ထွာ (htwa, “to measure”), via a dropped initial?”

#### Verb

ဝါ • (wa)
* to estimate length, height

#### Noun

ဝါ • (wa)
* extent, span, part

### References

* ↑ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WA Finals (141. Cotton (raw)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 8

### Further reading

* “ဝါ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

## Mon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɛ̤a̤/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Classifier

ဝါ (wā)
* time (for counting)
    တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန်မရနုက်ကဵု (၆၈) ဝါThe 68th [time of] Mon National Day

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ဝါ (wā)
* open ground not under cultivation or pasture
* Alternative form of ဝဴ

### Etymology 3

Compare Thai ว่าว (wâao).

#### Noun

ဝါ (wā)
* kite

##### Derived terms

* ဝါကဝ
* ဝါက္ၜၚ်ကျာ
* ဝါခဍိ
* ဝါဇြုံ

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vā (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* वा (Devanagari script)
* ৰা (Bengali script)
* වා (Sinhalese script)
* ဝႃ (Burmese script)
* วา (Thai script)
* ᩅᩤ (Tai Tham script)
* ວາ (Lao script)
* វា (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1
#### Conjunction

ဝါ (vā)
* Burmese script form of vā (“or”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ဝါ
* Burmese script form of vā, which is ablative singular of ဝ (va, “letter 'v'”)

## Pa'o Karen
### Etymology

From Proto-Karen *ɡwaᴬ (“husband”) (Luangthongkum, 2019). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဝၤ (wā), Western Kayah ꤠꤢꤧ꤬ (vàe).

### Pronunciation

* (Northern Pa'o) IPA: /wa³³/
* (Southern Pa'o) IPA: /wa⁵³/

### Noun

ဝါ (transliteration needed)
* husband

#### Related terms

* မာ

## S'gaw Karen
### Etymology

From Proto-Karen *ʔbwaᴬ (“white”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *ʔwa³ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/s-wa (“white; yellow; bright”). Cognate with Pa'o Karen ဗွာ, Western Pwo ဘွၩ, Eastern Pwo အွာ (ʔwà), Western Kayah ꤙꤢꤨ꤭ (bū).

### Adjective

ဝါ • (wah)
* white