لاءوْء

Pattani Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.oʔ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *laut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud (“downstream; toward the sea”). Cognate with Urak Lawoi' ลาโวยจ (lawoc) and Malay laut.

Noun

لاءوْء (laoʔ) (Thai spelling ลา-โอะ)

1. sea; ocean

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayic *lauk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahuk (“mixed, as foods”). Cognate with Urak Lawoi' ลาโวะ (lawoq) and Malay lauk.

Noun

لاءوْء (laoʔ) (Thai spelling ลา-โอะ)

1. side dish