ຂ້າ

See also: ຂາ and ຂ່າ

Lao

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [kʰaː˧˩]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [kʰaː˥˥˨]
• Hyphenation: ຂ້າ
• Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kraːꟲ (“slave”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜁𑜠 (kha), Thai ข้า (kâa), Lü ᦃᦱᧉ (ẋaa²), Shan ၶႃႈ (khāa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥲ (xàa).

Noun

ຂ້າ • (khā)

1. slave, servant

See also

• ຂ້ອຍ (khǭi)
• ຂະຍົມ (kha nyom)

Pronoun

ຂ້າ • (khā)

1. I, me (from high-status to low-status)

Derived terms

• ຂ້າເຈົ້າ (khā chao)
• ຂ້ານ້ອຍ (khā nǭi)
• ຂ້າພຣະບາດ (khāp ra bāt)
• ຂ້າພຣະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ (khāp ra phut tha chao)
• ຂ້າພຣະອົງ (khāp ra ʼong)
• ຜູ້ຂ້າ (phū khā)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *qaːꟲ (“to kill”). Cognate with Thai ฆ่า (kâa), Lü ᦃᦱᧉ (ẋaa²), Shan ၶႃႈ (khāa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥲ (xàa), Ahom 𑜁𑜠 (kha, “to cut; to kill”), Zhuang gaj, Nong Zhuang kaj.

Verb

ຂ້າ • (khā) (abstract noun ການຂ້າ)

1. to kill, murder
2. to destroy, ruin, exterminate
3. to cancel, annul