"ဘွားဘွား" meaning in Burmese

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Noun

IPA: /pʰwápʰwá/ Forms: bhwa: [error-unknown-tag, romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of ဘွား (bhwa:, “grandmother”); compare the related Chinese 婆婆 (OC *baːl baːl, “older lady”) for an equivalent formation. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|my|ဘွား|t=grandmother}} Reduplication of ဘွား (bhwa:, “grandmother”), {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{och-l|婆婆|older lady}} 婆婆 (OC *baːl baːl, “older lady”) Head templates: {{my-noun}} ဘွားဘွား • (bhwa:bhwa:)
  1. granny; grandma
    Sense id: en-ဘွားဘွား-my-noun-lN9BrO2X Categories (other): Burmese entries with incorrect language header, Burmese reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female family members
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ဘွား",
        "t": "grandmother"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of ဘွား (bhwa:, “grandmother”)",
      "name": "reduplication"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "婆婆",
        "2": "older lady"
      },
      "expansion": "婆婆 (OC *baːl baːl, “older lady”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of ဘွား (bhwa:, “grandmother”); compare the related Chinese 婆婆 (OC *baːl baːl, “older lady”) for an equivalent formation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bhwa:",
      "tags": [
        "error-unknown-tag",
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ဘွားဘွား • (bhwa:bhwa:)",
      "name": "my-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Burmese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Burmese reduplications",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "my",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "my:Female family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "granny; grandma"
      ],
      "id": "en-ဘွားဘွား-my-noun-lN9BrO2X",
      "links": [
        [
          "granny",
          "granny"
        ],
        [
          "grandma",
          "grandma"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰwápʰwá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ဘွားဘွား"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ဘွား",
        "t": "grandmother"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of ဘွား (bhwa:, “grandmother”)",
      "name": "reduplication"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "婆婆",
        "2": "older lady"
      },
      "expansion": "婆婆 (OC *baːl baːl, “older lady”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of ဘွား (bhwa:, “grandmother”); compare the related Chinese 婆婆 (OC *baːl baːl, “older lady”) for an equivalent formation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bhwa:",
      "tags": [
        "error-unknown-tag",
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ဘွားဘွား • (bhwa:bhwa:)",
      "name": "my-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Burmese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Burmese lemmas",
        "Burmese nouns",
        "Burmese reduplications",
        "Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "my:Female family members"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "granny; grandma"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "granny",
          "granny"
        ],
        [
          "grandma",
          "grandma"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰwápʰwá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ဘွားဘွား"
}

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