ຫິມະ

Lao

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ຫິມ (hima, “snow”) or Pali ຫິມະ (hima, “snow”). Compare Thai หิมะ (hì-má) and Shan ႁီႉမႃႉ (hḭ̂i mâ̰a).

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [hiʔ˧˥.maʔ˧]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [hiʔ˩˨.maʔ˧˨]
• Hyphenation: ຫິ-ມະ
• Rhymes: -aʔ

Noun

ຫິມະ • (hi ma)

1. snow

   Synonym: ນ້ຳໝອກ (nam mǭk)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• hima (Latin script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• हिम (Devanagari script)
• হিম (Bengali script)
• හිම (Sinhalese script)
• ဟိမ or ႁိမ (Burmese script)
• หิม or หิมะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩥᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ຫິມ (Lao script)
• ហិម (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄨𑄟 (Chakma script)

Noun

ຫິມະ n

1. Lao script form of hima (“snow”)

Declension

Declension table of "ຫິມະ" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ຫິມັງ (himaṃ)	ຫິມານິ (himāni)
Accusative (second)	ຫິມັງ (himaṃ)	ຫິມານິ (himāni)
Instrumental (third)	ຫິເມນະ (himena)	ຫິເມຫິ (himehi) or ຫິເມພິ (himebi) or ຫິເມຠິ (himebhi) or ຫິເມພ຺ິ (himebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ຫິມັສສະ (himassa) or ຫິມາຍະ (himāya) or ຫິມັຕຖັງ (himatthaṃ) or ຫິມັດສະ (himassa)	ຫິມານັງ (himānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ຫິມັສມາ (himasmā) or ຫິມັມຫາ (himamhā) or ຫິມາ (himā)	ຫິເມຫິ (himehi) or ຫິເມພິ (himebi) or ຫິເມຠິ (himebhi) or ຫິເມພ຺ິ (himebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ຫິມັສສະ (himassa) or ຫິມັດສະ (himassa)	ຫິມານັງ (himānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ຫິມັສມິງ (himasmiṃ) or ຫິມັມຫິ (himamhi) or ຫິເມ (hime)	ຫິເມສຸ (himesu)
Vocative (calling)	ຫິມະ (hima)	ຫິມານິ (himāni)