ຂ້ານ້ອຍ
Lao
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (archaic) ຂ້ອຍນ້ອຍ (khǭi nǭi)
Etymology
[edit]From ຂ້າ (khā, “servant”) + ນ້ອຍ (nǭi, “small, little”) ("inferior servant"). Cognate with Isan ข้าน้อย, Khün ᨡ᩶ᩣᨶᩭ᩶ (khaa³ nɔɔy⁶), Lü ᦃᦱᧉᦓᦾᧉ (ẋaa²noay²).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Vientiane) IPA(key): [kʰaː˧˩.nɔːj˥˨]
- (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [kʰaː˥˥˨.nɔːj˧˦]
- Hyphenation: ຂ້າ-ນ້ອຍ
- Rhymes: -ɔːj
Pronoun
[edit]ຂ້ານ້ອຍ • (khā nǭi)
- (formal) a first person pronoun employed when addressing a person of higher status.
- (formal) I
See also
[edit]| formal | common | informal | vulgar | ||
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| singular | 1st person | ຂ້ານ້ອຍ (khā nǭi) ຜູ້ຂ້າ (phū khā) |
ເຮົາ (hao) ຂ້ອຍ (khǭi) |
ກູ (kū) | |
| 2nd person | ທ່ານ (thān) | ເຈົ້າ (chao) | ໂຕ (tō) | ມຶງ (mưng) | |
| 3rd person | ເພິ່ນ (phœn) ຂ້າເຈົ້າ (khā chao) |
ເຂົາ (khao) | ລາວ (lāo) | ມັນ (man) | |
| plural | 1st person | ພວກຂ້ານ້ອຍ (phūakkhā nǭi) | ເຮົາ (hao) ພວກເຮົາ (phūak hao) ພວກຂ້ອຍ (phūakkhǭi) |
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| 2nd person | ພວກທ່ານ (phūakthān) | ພວກເຈົ້າ (phūakchao) | |||
| 3rd person | ພວກເພິ່ນ (phūakphœn) ຂ້າເຈົ້າ (khā chao) |
ພວກເຂົາ (phūakkhao) ພວກລາວ (phūaklāo) | |||
Particle
[edit]ຂ້ານ້ອຍ • (khā nǭi)
- (particle used at the end of sentences to make them more polite, used in both statements and questions)
- yes, (that's) right
Alternative forms
[edit]- ຂະນ້ອຍ (kha nǭi)
See also
[edit]- ໂດຍຂ້ານ້ອຍ (dōi khā nǭi)