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“war” in Zaiwa

In Zaiwa, war is mă²²-ʨan²² ʦan²², mĕ²¹tʃan²¹tsan²¹, kʲe⁴² pṵj ∼ po̰j²².

Meaning in English

1. (noun) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy 2. (noun) a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious 3. (noun) an active struggle between competing entities 4. (noun) a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply 5. (verb) make or wage war

Definition: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0)

Zaiwa dictionary entries

dictionary entry
Zaiwa

mă²²-ʨan²² ʦan²²

fight, make war, battle

Source: Burmish lexical collection: Zaiwa, yabu1982atsi

verb
Zaiwa

mĕ²¹tʃan²¹tsan²¹

war, go to / battle

Source: STEDT database: Zaiwa, Huang and Dai 92 TBL (TBL)

noun
Zaiwa

kʲe⁴² pṵj ∼ po̰j²²

war/warfare

Source: Burmish lexical collection: Zaiwa, sawada2004tentative

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