Lao

See also: lao, LAO, láo, lào, Lào, lǎo, and lāo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʊ/, /ˈlɑːoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

Lao (countable and uncountable, plural Lao or Laos)

1. (countable) A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
2. (uncountable) The official language of Laos that is closely related to Thai.

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: Laosiaan
• Albanian: laotián m, laotiáne f, laosián m, laosiáne f,
• Basque: laostar
• Bulgarian: лао́сец m (laósec)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: laosià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老撾人／老挝人 (zh) (lǎowōrén)

• Czech: Laosan (cs) m
• Dutch: Laotiaans (nl) n
• Farefare: laoga
• Finnish: laosilainen (fi), lao (fi)
• French: Laotien (fr) m, Laotienne (fr) f
• Galician: laosiano (gl) m
• German: Laote (de) m, Laotin (de) f
• Gujarati: લાઓશિયન (lāośiyan)
• Hindi: लाओशियन (hi) (lāośiyan)
• Hungarian: lao (hu)
• Irish: Laosach m
• Italian: laotiano (it) m, laotiana (it) f
• Japanese: ラオス人 (ラオスじん, raosujin)
• Khmer: លាវ (km) (liəw)
• Korean: 라오스인 (raoseu'in)
• Lao: ຄົນລາວ (khonlāo)
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: laot (no) m

  Nynorsk: laot (nn) m

• Persian: لائوسی (fa) (lâ'osi)
• Polish: Laotańczyk (pl) m, Laotanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: laosiano (pt) m, laociano (pt) m
• Romanian: laoțian (ro) m, laoțiană (ro)
• Russian: лао́сец (ru) m (laósec), лао́ска (ru) f (laóska)
• Spanish: laosiano (es) m, laosiana (es) f, lao (es) pl
• Swedish: laotier (sv) m, laotiska (sv) f
• Tagalog: Laosyano
• Thai: คนลาว (kon-laao)
• Ukrainian: лао́сець m (laósecʹ), лао́ска f (laóska)
• Vietnamese: người Lào
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

language

• Afrikaans: Laosiaans, Lao
• Albanian: laotián, laotianísht, laotísht, laosián, laosianísht, laosísht
• Armenian: լաոսերեն (hy) (laoseren)
• Belarusian: лао́ская f (laóskaja) (мо́ва)
• Bulgarian: лао́ски m (laóski) (ези́к)
• Burmese: (written language) လာအိုစာ (lauica), (spoken language) လာအိုစကား (lauica.ka:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老撾語／老挝语 (zh) (lǎowōyǔ), 寮文 (liáowén)

• Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: laoština f
• Danish: laotisk c
• Dutch: Laotiaans (nl) n
• Farefare: laore
• Finnish: lao (fi)
• French: laotien (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Laotisch (de), Lao n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Gujarati: લાઓશિયન (lāośiyan)
• Hindi: लाओशियन (hi) (lāośiyan)
• Hungarian: lao (hu)
• Indonesian: bahasa Laos
• Irish: Laoisis f
• Italian: laotiano (it)
• Japanese: ラオ語 (ja) (raogo), ラオス語 (ja) (raosugo), ラーオ語 (ja) (ラーオご, rāogo)
• Khmer: ភាសាលាវ (phiəsaaliəw)
• Korean: 라오어 (rao'eo)
• Lao: ພາສາລາວ (lo) (phā sā lāo)
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: Bahasa Lao
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: laotisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: laotisk (nn) m

• Polish: laotański (pl) m
• Portuguese: laosiano (pt) m, laociano (pt) m
• Romanian: laoțiană (ro) f, lao
• Russian: лао́сский (ru) m (laósskij) (язы́к)
• Slovak: laoština f
• Spanish: lao (es)
• Swedish: laotiska (sv) f
• Tagalog: Laosyano
• Thai: ภาษาลาว (paa-sǎa laao)
• Ukrainian: лао́ська f (laósʹka) (мо́ва)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Lào
• Welsh: Laoeg f
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Zhuang: vahlao

Adjective

Lao (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.

Synonyms

• Laotian

Derived terms

• Laoland
• Laoness

 

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language

• Afrikaans: Laosiaans
• Belarusian: лао́скі (laóski)
• Bulgarian: лао́ски m pl (laóski)
• Burmese: လာအို (laui)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老撾的／老挝的 (zh) (Lǎowō de)

• Czech: laoský (cs)
• Farefare: lao (ethnic)
• Finnish: laosilainen (fi) (people, culture, country); laonkielinen (language)
• French: lao (fr) (the people), laotien (fr)
• Galician: laosiano (gl)
• German: laotisch (de)
• Hungarian: lao (hu)
• Japanese: ラオ (rao), ラオスの (ja) (Raosu no)
• Khmer: លាវ (km) (liəw), ឡាវ (km) (laaw)
• Korean: 라오 (ko) (rao)
• Lao: ລາວ (lo) (lāo)
• Lü: ᦟᦱᧁ (laaw)
• Northern Thai: ᩃᩣ᩠ᩅ
• Polish: laotański (pl) m
• Portuguese: laosiano (pt), laociano (pt)
• Romanian: laoțian (ro)
• Russian: лао́сский (ru) (laósskij)
• Shan: လၢဝ်း (shn) (láao)
• Spanish: laosiano (es), de Laos
• Swedish: laotisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Laosyano
• Thai: ลาว (th) (laao)
• Ukrainian: лао́ський (laósʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: Lào (vi)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lao terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code lo, ISO 639-3 code lao (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Lao, lao ⁠

Anagrams

• -ola, AOL, LOA, Loa, OAL, Ola, loa, ola

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Lao

1. Synonym of Laosiaans (the Lao language)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Laus, from Ancient Greek Λαός (Laós), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”), common in hydronyms. The first vowel may have derived from an O-grade or from the zero-grade, depending on the language it was borrowed through.

Proper noun

Lao ?

1. A river in Calabria

Anagrams

• alo, alo-, alò, loa, olà

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 劉／刘 (Lâu) & Cantonese 劉／刘 (Lau⁴), via English Lao. Doublet of Lew and Liu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaw/, [ˈlaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw

Proper noun

Lao (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien
2. a surname from Cantonese

See also

• Lew

Turkish

Proper noun

Lao

1. Lao, a person from Laos

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	Lao
Definite accusative	Laoyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Lao	Laolar
Definite accusative	Laoyu	Laoları
Dative	Laoya	Laolara
Locative	Laoda	Laolarda
Ablative	Laodan	Laolardan
Genitive	Laonun	Laoların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular Laom Laolarım 2nd singular Laon Laoların 3rd singular Laosu Laoları 1st plural Laomuz Laolarımız 2nd plural Laonuz Laolarınız 3rd plural Laoları Laoları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular Laomu Laolarımı 2nd singular Laonu Laolarını 3rd singular Laosunu Laolarını 1st plural Laomuzu Laolarımızı 2nd plural Laonuzu Laolarınızı 3rd plural Laolarını Laolarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular Laoma Laolarıma 2nd singular Laona Laolarına 3rd singular Laosuna Laolarına 1st plural Laomuza Laolarımıza 2nd plural Laonuza Laolarınıza 3rd plural Laolarına Laolarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular Laomda Laolarımda 2nd singular Laonda Laolarında 3rd singular Laosunda Laolarında 1st plural Laomuzda Laolarımızda 2nd plural Laonuzda Laolarınızda 3rd plural Laolarında Laolarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular Laomdan Laolarımdan 2nd singular Laondan Laolarından 3rd singular Laosundan Laolarından 1st plural Laomuzdan Laolarımızdan 2nd plural Laonuzdan Laolarınızdan 3rd plural Laolarından Laolarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular Laomun Laolarımın 2nd singular Laonun Laolarının 3rd singular Laosunun Laolarının 1st plural Laomuzun Laolarımızın 2nd plural Laonuzun Laolarınızın 3rd plural Laolarının Laolarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular Laoyum Laolarım 2nd singular Laosun Laolarsın 3rd singular Lao Laodur Laolar Laolardır 1st plural Laoyuz Laolarız 2nd plural Laosunuz Laolarsınız 3rd plural Laolar Laolardır