วา

See also: ว่า

Chong

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *swaaʔ (“monkey”).

Noun

วา (transliteration needed)

  1. monkey.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • vā (Latin script)
  • 𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • वा (Devanagari script)
  • ৰা (Bengali script)
  • වා (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝါ or ဝႃ (Burmese script)
  • ᩅᩤ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວາ (Lao script)
  • វា (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Conjunction

วา (vā)

  1. Thai script form of vā

Pattani Malay

Noun

วา (wa)

  1. Alternative form of وا

Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *waːᴬ⁴ (“arm-spread, a measure of length”); Cognate with Northern Thai ᩅᩤ, Khün ᩅᩤ, Lao ວາ (wā), Lü ᦞᦱ (vaa), Tai Dón ꪫꪱ, Shan ဝႃး (wáa), Tai Nüa ᥝᥣᥰ (wäa), Phake ဝႃ (wā), Ahom 𑜈𑜠 (ba).

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicวา
w ā
RomanizationPaiboonwaa
Royal Institutewa
(standard) IPA(key)/waː˧/(R)

Noun

วา • (waa)

  1. wa: a traditional unit of length comparable in length to a fathom, and now equal to 2 metres. Abbreviation: ว. (wɔɔ).

Derived terms
  • คงเส้นคงวา (kong-sên-kong-waa)
  • คลองสามวา
  • ได้ศอกจะเอาวา
  • ตารางวา (dtaa-raang-waa)
  • ไปไหนมาสามวาสองศอก
  • พอไปวัดไปวาได้
  • ลดราวาศอก
  • วาตารางเหลี่ยม

Descendants
  • → English: wa

Verb

วา • (waa) (abstract noun การวา)

  1. to stretch out both arms.
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