Wiktionary:Requested entries (Lao)

ກ

 * - to?
 * - corrupt?
 * - corruption?
 * - muscle?
 * - cardamom?
 * - collaboration? cooperation?
 * - accent?
 * - drink?
 * - drink?
 * - drink?

ຂ

 * as in
 * - torn?
 * - select?
 * - dengue fever?
 * - stingy?
 * - 100 grams
 * - dengue fever?
 * - stingy?
 * - 100 grams
 * - stingy?
 * - 100 grams

ຄ

 * - the name of a hotel in Vientiane but I can't figure out the spelling possibly due to the slightly ornate font used in their sign. &mdash; hippietrail (talk) 06:37, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * , - awesome?
 * - commerce?
 * - stuck?
 * - langur (from a coloring book by )
 * - computer?
 * - Christian?
 * - hope?
 * - cardamom (Cinnamomum obtusifolium)?
 * - wish? to wish? greeting?
 * - pork rind? pork crackling?

ງ

 * - change?
 * - to invert? to cover?
 * - to invert? to cover?

ຈ

 * - sunny?
 * - hi? hello?
 * - from?
 * - from?
 * - jumbo - similar to a tuk tuk
 * - to broil, grill, roast, scorch, toast
 * - culinary paste / dip?
 * - centre?
 * - tent?
 * - Buddhist vegetarian diet. see.

ສ

 * - found on a menu in Vientiane
 * ,, - abbreviations of full name of Lao
 * - centre?
 * - sinh, traditional Lao and Thai skirt
 * - institute? institution?
 * - share? part?
 * - part? whereas?
 * - som moo - a type of preserved/fermented pork. Wikipedia says a sausage but the way I just ate some in Luang Phrabang was not a sausage but was wrapped in banana leaf
 * - the name of a king
 * , - sonnet?
 * - beak?
 * - beak?
 * - part? whereas?
 * - som moo - a type of preserved/fermented pork. Wikipedia says a sausage but the way I just ate some in Luang Phrabang was not a sausage but was wrapped in banana leaf
 * - the name of a king
 * , - sonnet?
 * - beak?
 * - beak?
 * , - sonnet?
 * - beak?
 * - beak?
 * - beak?

ຊ

 * - Google Translate says "visa" but that makes no sense in the context I found it in:
 * ແຊບ ຊ່າ ສົດຊື່ນ
 * ຕ້ອງ ໂຄຄາ-ໂຄລາ ເທົ່ານັນ — 183.182.118.168 06:12, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * - bon appetit?
 * - chocolate?
 * - small cymbals, equivalent to Thai ching (ฉิ่ง)
 * - future marker? volitional?
 * - Satan (from Google Translate)
 * - jerky?
 * - jerky?
 * - jerky?
 * - Xieng Mieng (A folk-hero of Lao culture)
 * - Xieng Mieng (A folk-hero of Lao culture)
 * - Xieng Mieng (A folk-hero of Lao culture)

ຍ

 * - weak?
 * - weak?
 * - weak?
 * - weak?

ດ

 * - missing sense - polite particle used in certain kinds of negative sentences
 * - some kind of particle? seen used with "thank you" in "ຂອບໃຈເດີ".
 * - very good? awesome?
 * - suck?
 * - seen on ads posted all over Vientiane on trees, etc.
 * - what about?
 * - suck?
 * - seen on ads posted all over Vientiane on trees, etc.
 * - what about?
 * - what about?

ຕ

 * - to want, need, require?
 * - the Tai Lü of Xishuangbanna (gets orders of magnitude more hits than )
 * - to block, in the way?
 * - foreign? foreign country?
 * - since?
 * - foreign? foreign country?
 * - since?

ຖ

 * - backpack?
 * - backpack?

ທ

 * - found on a menu for French fries - "fry" + ("root veg" + "foreign")?
 * - pedestrian?
 * - a variant of ? Gets 22,000 Google hits.
 * - to measure?
 * - real? really? genuine? authentic?
 * - real? really? genuine? authentic?

ນ

 * missing sense? serpent?, cobra?; dragon?
 * - naga?
 * - waterfall?
 * - a Lao gesture similar to the wai of Thailand
 * ,, - cardamom (Amonum ovoideum / Amomum ovoideum / Amonium ovoideum)
 * - request particle
 * - a Lao gesture similar to the wai of Thailand
 * ,, - cardamom (Amonum ovoideum / Amomum ovoideum / Amonium ovoideum)
 * - request particle
 * ,, - cardamom (Amonum ovoideum / Amomum ovoideum / Amonium ovoideum)
 * - request particle

ບ

 * - Lonely Planet Southeast Asia says this means "how much is it?" but Google Translate says it means "Comments on the website"!
 * - tube? cylinder?
 * - guesthouse according to a little phrasebook I bought in Vientiane. — hippietrail (talk) 11:03, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * - boat racing festival?
 * - backpack?
 * - church?
 * - obsolete spelling of ? or perhaps from English ? ຕ is not allowed a syllable final consonant in modern lao orthography. &mdash; hippietrail (talk) 14:30, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * - navel? centre?
 * - parking lot? (literally "place entrust vehicle")
 * - weak?
 * - role? part?
 * - role? part?

ປ

 * - lotus?
 * - a kind of rice noodle? possibly related to Chinese 粉 and/or Vietnamese bún.
 * - blister?
 * - dictionary?
 * - bake, barbecue, braise, broil, grill, roast, toast
 * - to protect? to look after?
 * - to appear
 * - normal, usual?
 * - ticket?
 * - literally 'where are you going?' but used as a greeting in the same vein as, literally 'have you eaten?'
 * - literally 'where are you going?' but used as a greeting in the same vein as, literally 'have you eaten?'

ຜ

 * - towel?
 * - band-aid?
 * - if?
 * - vendor's temporary stall
 * - map?
 * - tall
 * - map?
 * - tall

ພ

 * - see you later?
 * - version? part?
 * - a string instrument
 * - too much
 * - matter/cause/business; task/mission
 * - special?
 * , - gem, jewel
 * - too much
 * - matter/cause/business; task/mission
 * - special?
 * , - gem, jewel
 * , - gem, jewel

ມ

 * - comrade?
 * - monsoon?
 * - to exist? there is? there are?
 * - to exist? there is? there are?

ຢ

 * - mosquito coil?
 * - there?

ຣ

 * Note: This letter is only used for loanwords. It reads same as ລ. Sometimes, it is interchangable with ລ.



ລ

 * - a festival?
 * - good bye?
 * - ambulance?
 * - windy?
 * - to raise? to rear? bring up?; tame? domestic?; pet?
 * - see you later?
 * - diabetes?
 * - last? previous? recently?
 * - to begin? from? start?
 * - what about?
 * - roti
 * - to begin? from? start?
 * - what about?
 * - roti
 * - what about?
 * - roti
 * - roti

ວ

 * - seems to be on the sign of the abandoned old cinema in Vientiane
 * - agile? - agility?

ຫ, ໜ, ໝ, ຫຼ

 * Note: ໜ, ໝ, ຫຼ are officially used while ຫນ, ຫມ, ຫລ are considered alternative forms.


 * - cognate with 🇨🇬
 * - wikipedia article "Lao cuisine" says "maw khang" is the lao word for wok, but SEAlang says it means "cast iron pot, frying pan". — 58.172.68.199 10:21, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * - seems to be a local fruit from which oil is extracted. literally "oil fruit".
 * - used in prohibitions / negative imperatives: no, don't (cf. . cf. also Khmer, Thai .)
 * (lao-lao) -- Laotian rice whisk(e)y
 * - national?
 * - free?
 * - a kind of pork cold cut?
 * - shredded pork, pork floss?
 * - redenned pork
 * - milepost and by extension kilometre, km?
 * - national?
 * - free?
 * - a kind of pork cold cut?
 * - shredded pork, pork floss?
 * - redenned pork
 * - milepost and by extension kilometre, km?

ອ

 * - take?
 * - ouch?
 * - a classifier?
 * - that
 * - one
 * - this
 * - each, per
 * - a kind of coffee? (烏涼)
 * - warm?
 * - weak?
 * - this
 * - each, per
 * - a kind of coffee? (烏涼)
 * - warm?
 * - weak?

ຮ

 * - to?
 * - lane, etc
 * - guesthouse? women's shelter?
 * - guesthouse, but not as defined there! More like an inn or something between a hotel and a hostel. — hippietrail (talk) 17:46, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Unknown written forms

 * jup hom - "sniff kiss" ? &mdash; hippietrail (talk) 13:31, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * kiep-moo - pork crackling? -