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sawbwa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sawb-wa
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Shan chieftain, any of the mostly petty tributary princes of the Shan States on the east of Burma.

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese စော်ဘွား (caubhwa:), itself a loanword from Shan ၸဝ်ႈၽႃႉ (tsāo phâ̰a, “heavenly chief”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ၸဝ်ႈၽႃႉ

Inflected Forms

sawbwas (plural)

Synonyms

chobwa chobwah

Questions

What does sawbwa mean?
A Shan chieftain, any of the mostly petty tributary princes of the Shan States on the east of Burma.
Where does sawbwa come from?
Borrowed from Burmese စော်ဘွား (caubhwa:), itself a loanword from Shan ၸဝ်ႈၽႃႉ (tsāo phâ̰a, “heavenly chief”).

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