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Lao script only

ກ

• ກັບ (kap) - to?
• ກິນສິນບົນ (kin sin bon) - corrupt?
• ການກິນສິນບົນ (kān kin sin bon) - corruption?
• ກ້າມຊີ້ນ (kām sīn) - muscle?
• ກະວານ (ka wān) - cardamom?
• ການຮ່ວມມື (kān hūam mư̄) - collaboration? cooperation?
• ການອອກສຽງສູງ (kān ʼǭk sīang sūng) - accent?
• ກະສື (ka sư̄)
• ເກັ່ງ (keng)
• ກິນດື່ມ (kin dư̄m) - drink?
• ໂກ້ (kō)
• ໂກ່ (kō)
• ກັນ (kan)

ຂ

• ຂນົມປັງ (kha nom pang)
• ຂ່ວງ (khūang)
• ຂອບ (khǭp)
• ຂົ້ວ (khūa) as in ຂົ້ວໝີ່ (khūa mī, “fried noodles”)
• ຂາດ (khāt) - torn?
• ຂັດ (khat) - select?
• ໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (khai lư̄at ʼǭk) - dengue fever?
• ເຂົ້າໜົມ (khao nom)
• ຂຸ່ຍ (khu nya)
• ຂີ້ຫນຽວ (khī niāu) - stingy?
• ຂີດ (khīt) - 100 grams

ຄ

• ຄຳປ່ຽນ (kham pīan) - the name of a hotel in Vientiane but I can't figure out the spelling possibly due to the slightly ornate font used in their sign. — hippietrail (talk) 06:37, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
• ຄັກຫລາຍ (khak lāi), ຄັກຫຼາຍ (khak lāi) - awesome?
• ຄ້າ (khā) - commerce?
• ຄາ (khā) - stuck?
• ຄ່າງ (khāng) - langur (from a coloring book by Big Brother Mouse)
• ຄອມປີເຕີ (khǭm pī tœ̄) - computer?
• ຄລິດ (kha lit) - Christian?
• ຄາດ (khāt) - hope?
• ເຄ (khē) - cardamom (Cinnamomum obtusifolium)?
• ຄຳອ່ວຍພອນ (kham ʼuāi phǭn) - wish? to wish? greeting?
• ແຄບໝູ (khǣp mū) - pork rind? pork crackling?
• ຄວັດ (khuat)
  • ຄວັດລາຍ (khuat lāi)
• ຄວ່າງ (khuāng)

ງ

• ງາຈຽງ (ngā chīang)
• ເງິນນ້ອຍ (ngœn nǭi) - change?
• ງວຳ (nguam) - to invert? to cover?

ຈ

• ຈະລຸນ (cha lun) - sunny?
• ຈັ່ງໃດ (chang dai) - hi? hello?
• ຈາກການ (chāk kān) - from?
• ຈາກສະ (chāk sa) - from?
• ຈຳໂບ (cham bō) - jumbo - similar to a tuk tuk
• ຈີ່ (chī) - to broil, grill, roast, scorch, toast
• ແຈ່ວ (chǣu) - culinary paste / dip?
• ໃຈກາງ (chai kāng) - centre?
• ຈະໂຈມຜ້າ (cha chōm phā) - tent?
• ເຈ (chē) - Buddhist vegetarian diet. see เจ (jee).

ສ

• ສັກກະວາ (sak ka wā)
• ສວນສະໜຸກ (sūan sa nuk)
• ສວນສາທາສະນະ (sūan sā thā sa na)
• ສະຖານທີ່ຢ່ອນໃຈ (sa thān thī yǭn chai)
• ເສືອພົບສິງ (sư̄a phop sing) - found on a menu in Vientiane
• ສປປ. (sap pa.), ສປປ. ລາວ (sap pa. lāo), ສປປລ. (sap pan.) - abbreviations of full name of Lao
• ສູບ (sūp)
• ສູນກາງ (sūn kāng) - centre?
• ສິ້ນ (sin) - sinh, traditional Lao and Thai skirt
• ສະຖາບັນ (sa thā ban) - institute? institution?
• ສຽງໂຮ (sīang hō)
• ສ່ວນແບ່ງ (sūan bǣng) - share? part?
• ສ່ວນ (sūan) - part? whereas?
• ສະຫມຸດຂ່ອຍ (sa mut khǭi)
• ສົ້ມໝູ (som mū) - som moo - a type of preserved/fermented pork. Wikipedia says a sausage but the way I just ate some in Luang Phrabang was not a sausage but was wrapped in banana leaf
• ສູງສຸດ (sūng sut)
• ສົມບຸນ (som bun)
• ສີສວ່າງ (sīt wāng) - the name of a king
• ສອແນ (sǭ nǣ), ຊອແນ (sǭ nǣ) - sonnet?
• ສອມລອມ (sǭm lǭm)
• ສະກອຍ (sak ʼa nya) - beak?
• ສົບ (sop) - beak?
• ສວຍ (suāi)

ຊ

• ຊ່າ (sā) - Google Translate says "visa" but that makes no sense in the context I found it in:

  ແຊບ ຊ່າ ສົດຊື່ນ

  ຕ້ອງ ໂຄຄາ-ໂຄລາ ເທົ່ານັນ — 183.182.118.168 06:12, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

• ເຊີນແຊບ (sœ̄n sǣp) - bon appetit?
• ໂຊໂກແລັດ (sō kō læt) - chocolate?
• ເຊັ່ນ (sen)
• ຊິ່ງ (sing) - small cymbals, equivalent to Thai ching (ฉิ่ง)
• ຊິ (si) - future marker? volitional?
• ຊາຕານ (sā tān) - Satan (from Google Translate)
• ຊີ້ນສະຫວັນ (sīn sa wan) - jerky?
• ຊີ້ນແຫ້ງ (sīn ngǣ) - jerky?
• ຊີ້ນຫລອດ (sīn lǭt) - jerky?
• ຊົງ (song)
• ຊຽງໝ້ຽງ (sīang mīang) - Xieng Mieng (A folk-hero of Lao culture)

ຍ

• ຍ່ອຍ (nyǭi) / ຍ່ອຽ (nyǭi)
• ຍົກ (nyok)
• ຍໍ່ແຍ່ (nyǭ nyǣ) - weak?
• ຍໍ່ແຍ້ (nyǭ nyǣ) - weak?

ດ

• ດອກ (dǭk) - missing sense - polite particle used in certain kinds of negative sentences
• ເດີ້ (dœ̄)
• ເດີ (dœ̄) - some kind of particle? seen used with "thank you" in "ຂອບໃຈເດີ".
• ແດ່ (dǣ)
• ດີຫລາຍ (dī lāi) - very good? awesome?
• ແດດ (dǣt)
• ດູດ (dūt) - suck?
• ດ້ວຍ (duāi)
• ດູດສ້ວມ (dūt sūam) - seen on ads posted all over Vientiane on trees, etc.
• ເດ (dē) - what about?

ຕ

• ຕໍ່ມາ (tǭ mā)
• ຕັ້ງ (tang)
• ຕ້ອງການ (tǭng kān) - to want, need, require?
• ໄຕລື້ (tai lư̄) - the Tai Lü of Xishuangbanna (gets orders of magnitude more hits than ໄທລື້ (thai lư̄))
• ຕັນທາງ (tan thāng) - to block, in the way?
• ຕ່າງປະເທດ (tāng pa thēt) - foreign? foreign country?
• ຕັ້ງແຕ່ (tang tǣ) - since?

ຖ

• ເຖິງ (thœng)
• ຖົງເປ້ (thong pē) - backpack?

ທ

• ທອດມັນຝຣັ່ງ (thǭt man fa rang) - found on a menu for French fries - "fry" + ("root veg" + "foreign")?
• ທາງຄົນຍ່າງ (thāng khon nyāng) - pedestrian?
• ທ່ານ (thān)
• ໄທຍ (thai nya) - a variant of ໄທ (thai, “Thai”)? Gets 22,000 Google hits.
• ແທກ (thǣk) - to measure?
• ແທ້ (thǣ) - real? really? genuine? authentic?
• ທັມມະດາ (tham ma dā)

ນ

• ນາກ (nāk) missing sense? serpent?, cobra?; dragon?
• ນາກຄະ (nāk kha) - naga?
• ນາກຄະບາດ (nāk kha bāt)
• ນາກຄະຣາດ (nāk kha rāt)
• ນາກນາໂຄ (nāk nā khō)
• ນ້ຳຕົກຕາດ (nam tok tāt) - waterfall?
• ນ້ຳມັນເບັນຊິນ (nam man ben sin)
• ນ້ຳມັນແອດຊັງ (nam man ʼǣt sang)
• ນົບ (nop) - a Lao gesture similar to the wai of Thailand
• ແນ່ງ (nǣng), ແຫນງ (nǣ nga), ແໜ່ງ (nǣng) - cardamom (Amonum ovoideum / Amomum ovoideum / Amonium ovoideum)
• ເນາະ (nǫ) - request particle
• ແນ່ (nǣ)

ບ

• ບ່ອນລະເທົ່າໃດ (bǭn la thao dai) - Lonely Planet Southeast Asia says this means "how much is it?" but Google Translate says it means "Comments on the website"!
• ບັ້ງ (bang) - tube? cylinder?
• ບ້ານພັກ (bān phak) - guesthouse according to a little phrasebook I bought in Vientiane. — hippietrail (talk) 11:03, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
• ບຸນຊ່ວງເຮືອ (bun sūang hư̄a) - boat racing festival?
• ບາໂລ (bā lō) - backpack?
• ໂບດຄລິດ (bōt kha lit) - church?
• ປັບປຸງ (pap pung)
• ບິຕ (bit) - obsolete spelling of ບວດ (būat)? or perhaps from English bit? ຕ is not allowed a syllable final consonant in modern lao orthography. — hippietrail (talk) 14:30, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
• ບື (bư̄) - navel? centre?
• ບ່ອນຝາກລົດ (bǭn fāk lot) - parking lot? (literally "place entrust vehicle")
• ບໍ່ແຂງແຮງ (bǭ khǣng hǣng) - weak?
• ບົດບາດ (bot bāt) - role? part?

ປ

• ປະທຸມ (pa thum) - lotus?
• ປັງ (pang)
• ປຸ້ນ (pun) - a kind of rice noodle? possibly related to Chinese 粉 and/or Vietnamese bún.
• ເປັນຕຸ່ມ (pen tum) - blister?
• ປື້ມວັດຈະນານຸກົມ (pư̄m wat cha nā nu kom) - dictionary?
• ປີ້ງ (pīng) - bake, barbecue, braise, broil, grill, roast, toast
• ປົກປັກຮັກສາ (pok pak hak sā) - to protect? to look after?
• ປາກົດ (pā kot) - to appear
• ປົກກະຕິ (pok ka ti) - normal, usual?
• ປີ້ (pī) - ticket?
• ໄປໃສ (pai sai) - literally 'where are you going?' but used as a greeting in the same vein as ກິນເຂົ້າແລ້ວ (kin khao lǣu), literally 'have you eaten?'

ຜ

• ຜັກແມງດາ (phak mǣng dā)
• ຜ້າເຊັດຕົວ (phā set tūa) - towel?
• ຜ້າຕິດບາດ (phā tit bāt) - band-aid?
• ຜິ (phi) - if?
• ຜູກ (phūk)
• ແຜງລອຍ (phǣng lǭi) - vendor's temporary stall
• ແຜນທີ (phǣn thī) - map?
• ຜອງ (phǭng) - tall

ພ

• ພັກ (phak)
• ພາກນີ້ (phāk nī)
• ພວງ (phūang)
• ພີ້ (phī)
• ພົບກັນໃໝ່ (phop kan mai) - see you later?
• ພາກ (phāk) - version? part?
• ພິນ (phin) - a string instrument
• ໂພດ (phōt) - too much
• ພຣະທຳ (pha ra tham)
• ພາລະກິດ (phā la kit) - matter/cause/business; task/mission
• ພິເສດ (phi sēt) - special?
• ພອຍ (phǭi), ພອຽ (phǭi) - gem, jewel

ມ

• ມິດ (mit) - comrade?
• ແມງແຄງ (mǣng khǣng)
• ມໍລະສຸມ (mǭ la sum) - monsoon?
• ມີຢູ່ (mī yū) - to exist? there is? there are?
• ເມາະ (mǫ)
• ມຸດ (mut)
• ມົກ (mok)

ຢ

• ຢາຈຸດກັນຍຸງ (yā chut kan nyung) - mosquito coil?
• ຢູ່ນັ້ນ (yū nan) - there?
• ເຢິກປິວ (yœk piu)
• ຢໍ່ (yǭ)
• ຢ່າງ (yāng)

ຣ

Note: This letter is only used for loanwords. It reads same as ລ. Sometimes, it is interchangable with ລ.

• ຣາຊະວົງ (rā sa wong)

ລ

• ລູກສິດ (lūk sit)
• ລອຍກະໂທງ (loi kathong) - a festival?
• ລາກ່ອນ (lā kǭn) - good bye?
• ລົດເກງ (lot kēng)
• ລົດໂຮງໝໍ (lot hōng mǭ) - ambulance?
• ລົມພັດ (lom phat) - windy?
• ລ້ຽງ (līang) - to raise? to rear? bring up?; tame? domestic?; pet?
• ແລ້ວພົບກັນໃໝ່ (lǣu phop kan mai) - see you later?
• ໂລກເບົາຫວານ (lōk bao wān) - diabetes?
• ເລ້ (lē)
• ແລ້ວນີ້ (lǣu nī) - last? previous? recently?
• ເລີ່ມ (lœ̄m) - to begin? from? start?
• ລາຊາບີ (lā sā bī)
• ລານ (lān)
• ລະ (la) - what about?
• ລິດທິນຸພາບ (lit thi nu phāp), ລິດທານຸພາບ (lit thā nu phāp)
• ໂລຕີ (lō tī) - roti

ວ

• ວຽງສະໝັຍ (wīang sa mai) - seems to be on the sign of the abandoned old cinema in Vientiane
• ວ່ອງໄວ (wǭng wai) - agile? ຄວາມວ່ອງໄວ (khuām wǭng wai) - agility?

ຫ, ໜ, ໝ, ຫຼ

Note: ໜ, ໝ, ຫຼ are officially used while ຫນ, ຫມ, ຫລ are considered alternative forms.

• ໜັງສື (nang sư̄)
• ໜ້າສົນທະນາ (nā son tha nā)
• ໝັກ (mak)
• ໝົກ (mok) - cognate with Thai หมก (mòk)
• ໝອບ (mǭp)
• ເໝາະ (mǫ)
• ໝຸດ (mut)
• ໝໍ້ຂາງ (mǭ khāng) - wikipedia article "Lao cuisine" says "maw khang" is the lao word for wok, but SEAlang says it means "cast iron pot, frying pan". — 58.172.68.199 10:21, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
• ໝາກນ້ຳມັນ (māk nam man) - seems to be a local fruit from which oil is extracted. literally "oil fruit".
• ຫ້າມ (hām) - used in prohibitions / negative imperatives: no, don't (cf. ຢ່າ (yā). cf. also Khmer ហាម (haam), Thai ห้าม (hām).)
• ເຫຼົ້າລາວ (lao lāo) (lao-lao) -- Laotian rice whisk(e)y
• ແຫ່ງຊາດ (ngǣ sāt) - national?
• ໃຫ້ລ້າ - free?
• ໝູຢໍ່ (mū yǭ) - a kind of pork cold cut?
• ໝູຝອຍ (mūp ʼa nya) - shredded pork, pork floss?
• ໝູແດງ (mū dǣng) - redenned pork
• ຫຼັກ (lak) - milepost and by extension kilometre, km?

ອ

• ອ້ອມ (ʼǭm)
• ອາຣາມ (ʼā rām)
• ອື່ນ (ʼư̄n)
• ອຸດທະຍານ (ʼut tha nyān)
• ອຸທິຍານ (ʼu thi nyān)
• ເອົາ (ʼao) - take?
• ໂອຍ (ʼōi) - ouch?
• ອັນ (ʼan) - a classifier?

  ອັນນັ້ນ (ʼan nan) - that

  ອັນນຶ່ງ (ʼan nưng) - one

  ອັນນີ້ (ʼan nī) - this

  ອັນລະ (ʼan la) - each, per

• ໂອລ້ຽງ (ʼō līang) - a kind of coffee? (烏涼)
• ອຸ່ນ (ʼun) - warm?
• ອ່ອນແອ (ʼǭn ʼǣ) - weak?

ຮ

• ຮອດ (hǭt) - to?
• ຮ່ອມ (hǭm) - lane, etc
• ເຮືອນນາງ (hư̄an nāng) - guesthouse? women's shelter?
• ເຮືອນພັກ (hư̄an phak) - guesthouse, but not as defined there! More like an inn or something between a hotel and a hostel. — hippietrail (talk) 17:46, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Unknown written forms

• jup hom - "sniff kiss" ຈູບຫອມ? — hippietrail (talk) 13:31, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
• kiep-moo - pork crackling? - [1]