ກິນ
Appearance
Lao
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *kɯɲᴬ (“to eat”). Cognate with Thai กิน (gin), Northern Thai ᨠᩥ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦂᦲᧃ (k̇iin), Tai Dam ꪀꪲꪙ, Tai Nüa ᥐᥤᥢ (kin), Shan ၵိၼ် (kǐn), Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜃𑜫 (kin), Saek กิ๋น, Nong Zhuang gwn, Zhuang gwn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ກິນ • (kin) (abstract noun ການກິນ)
- to eat
- (colloquial) to drink
Derived terms
[edit]- ເຄື່ອງກິນ (khư̄ang kin, “food”)
- ເສືອກິນໝູ (sư̄a kin mū, “a game resembling chess, played on a board of 16 squares, with twelve pigs and four tigers”)
See also
[edit]- ທານ (thān, “to eat (polite)”)