1. A Shan chieftain: sawbwas: Noun - plural of sawbwa (from Burmese caubhwa) A Shan chieftain.Chao-Pha (lit. 'lord of the sky'; Tai Ahom, Thai: เจ้าฟ้า, Shan, romanized: Sào Fá, Burmese: Sawbwa, Chinese: 召法; pinyin: Zhàofǎ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of Mong Dun, Mong Shan, Mong Mao, kingdoms of Thai and Tai-Khamti people. According to local chronicles, some fiefdoms...