Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dawei

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
dawei
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Taninthayi Region, Myanmar (Burma) formerly known as Tavoy.

name

A dialect of Burmese spoken there.

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ထားဝယ် (hta:wai), ultimately from Mon ထဝဲ (literally “to sit cross-legged”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ထားဝယ်, ထဝဲ

Inflected Forms

Tavoy (alternative)

Synonyms

Tavoyan

Questions

What does dawei mean?
A city in Taninthayi Region, Myanmar (Burma) formerly known as Tavoy.
Where does dawei come from?
Borrowed from Burmese ထားဝယ် (hta:wai), ultimately from Mon ထဝဲ (literally “to sit cross-legged”).

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