| Hanzi | Pinyin | Original_language | Original_form | Original_meaning | Examples | ||
| 安 | ān | Wa?; or Palaung (De'ang)? | ang (Wa)?; am (Palaung)? | Wa bowl, basin?; Palaung (De'ang 德昂) boulder (r)ang | 安康,安瓦,安丙,安黑寨,安也寨,安龙 | ||
| 班 | bān | Tai (Shan?) Burmese ? | baan3 'village' (Tai); pang2 'tree' (Burmese) | village, town (sometimes perhaps alternates with 邦, as in 邦丙; cf. 班康, 邦伞; and with 曼 (q.v.), as in 曼海[MM], 曼隆坦 [MM], 曼桑 [MM],曼德勒 [MM], 大曼令寨 [CN] ) | 班洪,班老,班率,班角[MM],班歪[MM],班糯寨 | ||
| 丙 | bǐng | Wa? | bāing? | white? | 安丙,邦丙 | ||
| 定,汀 | dìng | Wa? | dīng | big | 南汀河,南定河 | ||
| 东 (栋?),冬,董 | dōng | Wa? Tai? | dōung (Wa) tun3; (Tai) | plain, flats, level (ground) (Wa); tree (Tai) | 文东,东勐寨,景栋?,贺冬,勐董 | ||
| 戛,嘎 | gā | Shan (Tai); khao 'hill'? (not Shan) | kat9 ? | market ? | 木戛,上戛戛,翁嘎科,戛多 | ||
| 贺 | hè | Shan (Tai) | ho1 | head (?) (e.g., head of the plain) | 贺勐,贺冬 | ||
| 景 | jǐng | Tai (Shan?) | chiang | town | 景栋,景谷,(允)景洪,景列 | ||
| 科,课 | kē, kè | Lahu? | hk'a55 | village?; or tax-collection-related? (课 meant 'tax,levy' in e.g., 烟课 ’opium tax'); (or kē is related to 'küt' of Wa Küt -- Wenggake people belong to Wa Küt branch of Wa ap. Wei Deming, Wazu lishi yu wenhua yanjiu, p.4 | 翁嘎科,中课 | ||
| 腊 | là | Wa? (M-K) | Cf. Wang Jingliu (LGV p.78): Chn. là 腊 > Shan (Tai) la4 'socially advanced Wa people' < proto-Wa (M-K) laʔ,luaʔ,lvaʔ,l'vaʔ | 'Wa (Vax) people' + Chn. jiā 家 'family, tribe' i.e., related to modern Lavüa; or Buddhist-related? | 南腊,腊戌,班腊(MM),腊吊(MM) | ||
| 来 | lái | Shan (Tai) | loi လ | mountain | 来姆山,来香山 | ||
| 良 | liáng | Shan (Tai) | lɛŋ4; | dry (lɛŋ4); red | 帕良(red),民良寨(dry) | ||
| 马、骂 | mǎ, mà | Shan (Tai) | mat9 | sand (white sand?) | 南马河,南骂河 | ||
| 曼 (蛮） | màn (mán) | Shan (Tai) | man3 (may6) | tree, wood | 曼海[MM], 曼隆坦 [MM], 曼桑 [MM],曼德勒 [MM], 大曼令寨 [CN],大蛮海寨,(小)曼海 | ||
| 芒 | máng | Shan (Tai) | same as 勐 etc.? or 'village'? (c.f. bāng) | 芒回，芒美，芒洪,芒翁 | |||
| 勐、猛、孟、(盟?) | měng,mèng | Shan (Tai) | möng?, mu'ang?, meung? | realm, Shan princely state; and/or small level ground, plain (XHZD) | 勐勐,勐省,孟连,(西盟?) | ||
| 民 | mín | Shan (Tai) | man3 | village (?) | 民良寨 | ||
| 南 | nán | Tai (Shan?) | nam (lam53) | river, water | 南卡江,南汀河(南定河) | ||
| 帕 | pà | Shan (Tai) | pha1 | rock, boulder | 帕拍,帕良,帕结 | ||
| 糯 | nuò | Shan (Tai) ? and Wa | nɔŋ ? | lake, pond | 糯良, 糯福,班糯寨 | ||
| 帅 (率?) | shuài | Wa? | soi | chain, necklace | 岩帅,班率 | ||
| 思 | sī | M-K? (Wa?) | si | (Mon-Khmer presyllable) | 思茅 | ||
| 万 | wàn | Tai (Shan?) | (very frequent esp. in eastern Shan State, Myanmar placenames) | 万霍道,万恰祖修,万吞,万敦绷 | |||
| 文 | wén | Tai? (Shan?); Wa? | veng? man? | wall, walled town or city; cloth | 文东 | ||
| 翁 | wēng | Palaung (De'ang)? | am? | rock | 翁不老,翁嘎科 | ||
| 岩 | yán (but in Yunnan pronounced 'ai' | Wa? | yaong | village, town | 岩帅,岩丙寨,岩城,岩小寨 | ||
| 永 | yǒng | Wa? | yaong | village, town | 永德,永和,永不勒,永农寨,永安 | ||
| 允 | yǔn | < Tai (Shan) < Wa? | ngīm (Tai/Wa) < hnim (Wa) 'slow' (flow of water) | slow (according to story told by Wei Deming, Tai 'ngim' is from Wa 'hnim', referring to slow-flowing water there -- Si ngian rang mai si mgang lih, pp.139-140) | 上允,下允, 细允,允恩(MM),上、下勐允, 允景洪 |