http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/languagesofsecurity College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/languagesofsecurity/2011/05/25/burmese-ethnicity/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Stephen. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:26:59 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/languagesofsecurity/?p=493#comment-836 A further relevant use of the word <i>thwēi</i> is in the term <i>thwēi hto</i>​, which means "to incite" (lit. "to inject blood"). This term has been used in reference to the British "inciting" the Karen and other minority ethnic groups to fight against the majority Burmans during the late colonial period, and especially around WWII. For example, a 1990 Myanmar Ministry of Information publication, entitled <i>The History of Revolt within the Country</i> (vol. 1, p.28), explains that "when the British colonialists returned a second time, a black event occurred that incited (<i>thwēi hto</i>) a riot for the Kayin revolt to emerge." A further relevant use of the word thwēi is in the term thwēi hto​, which means “to incite” (lit. “to inject blood”). This term has been used in reference to the British “inciting” the Karen and other minority ethnic groups to fight against the majority Burmans during the late colonial period, and especially around WWII. For example, a 1990 Myanmar Ministry of Information publication, entitled The History of Revolt within the Country (vol. 1, p.28), explains that “when the British colonialists returned a second time, a black event occurred that incited (thwēi hto) a riot for the Kayin revolt to emerge.”

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