ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ

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Lao

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived from the elision of the pentasyllabic pronoun ຂ້າພຣະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ (khāp ra phut tha chao) into the trisyllabic ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ (khā pha chao).

Pronunciation

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  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [kʰaː˧˩.pʰa(ʔ˧).t͡ɕaw˥˨]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [kʰaː˥˥˨.pʰa(ʔ˧˨).t͡ɕaw˧˦]
  • Hyphenation: ຂ້າ-ພະ-ເຈົ້າ
  • Rhymes: -aw

Pronoun

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ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ (khā pha chao)

  1. (formal) I, me

See also

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