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Old 13th July 2014, 12:00 AM   #4
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Oh, it is a dha, I just didn't use the Burmese word...I was just describing how this is a very common machete/bush length knife.

Dha = single edge blade/ Knife...similar as in Chinese, Dao = single edge blade

http://dharesearch.bowditch.us/Gloss...me1Source1.htm

dha: (Thai/Shan/Lao/Burmese) blade, or knife (also, dah).

dha-lhut: (Burmese) dha-shay worn without a scabbard (lit. "loose/free dha"); in the past, not all soldiers were well-equipt, and some were armed only with a dha without a scabbard.

dha-hmyaung: (Burmese) dagger.

dha-lwe: (Burmese) dha-shay worn in a scabbard, over the shoulder.

dha-ma: (Burmese) chopper, cleaver.

dha-mauk: (Burmese) paring knife, utility knife.

dha-shay: (Burmese) long dha, curved sword
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