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Spoken Lao Vocabulary

 
Lesson 16
 
 g9a[ ce#p painful, to hurt
 g9a[sq; ce#p-hua headache
 sq; hu&a head
 g9a[c0h; ce#p-kEEw toothache
 g9a[mhv' ce#p-thOOG stomachache
 l6[1k su^up jaa to smoke
 1k ja%a tobacco; medicine
 dyo1k kJ%n jaa to take medicine
 cdh kE@E to solve, cure
 0kp kha%aj to sell
 ]k7k la#a-kha#a price
 ]uf lJ@Jt liter
 g,af me&t tablet, pill
 oE,ao na@m-man gas, oil, grease
 oE,aocvaf-a' na@m-man-E&tsaG gasoline
 oE,aodk-;o na@m-man-ka%a-suan diesel oil
 oE,aog7njv' na@m-man-khy&aG oil
 g7njv' khy&aG machine, motor
 co; nE#Ew kind, type, way
 Vhvp nO^Oj few, little
 cr' phE#EG expensive
 -v' sO#OG pack, envelop
mjul5fF 
s]kpmujl5f
  thJ&J-su#t, la%aj thJ&J-su#t most
 4nd thy^yk cheap
 vud J^Jk more
 
Lesson 17
 
 vhkp a@aj older brother
 vhkpgvNvpohv' a@aj-y@aj-nO@OG siblings
 gvNvp y@aj older sister
 ohv' nO@OG younger
 ohv'lk; nO@OG-sa%aw younger sister
 ohv'-kp nO@OG-sa#aj younger brother
 lk; sa%aw girl
 -kp sa#aj male
 gfafohvp de#k-nO@Oj child
 dqd ko#k first (born)
 s^hk la^a last (born)
 ]6d lu@uk offspring
 ]6dz6hfP; lu@uk phu&u-dJ%aw only child
 ]6d-kp lu@uk-sa#aj son
 ]6dlk; lu@uk-sa%aw daughter
 c,jpy' mE&ENJ#G woman
 oedao na@mka%n together
 pa' Na#G still, yet
 z6h phu^u person
 z6h[jk; phu^u-ba&aw unmarried male
 z6h-kp phu^u-sa#aj man
 z6hlk; phu^u-sa%aw unmarried female
 glpF 8kp    sJ%a, tha@aj to die, lost
 gryjo phA&n he, she, him, her

(respected)

 
Lesson 18
 
 g9Qk-6h ca@w-su@u womanize
 9jvp cO&Oj thin
 1no jy%yn to stand
 0k kha%a leg
 7ao kha#n clf. for vehicles
 c0o khE%En arm
 oaj' na&G to sit
 o5j' nu&G to wear
 pk; Na#aw long
 'k, Ga#am pretty
 lAo sa^n short (not long)
 lu sJ%J color
 lufe sJ%J-da%m black
 lucf' sJ%J-dE%EG red
 lu2hk sJ%J-fa@a (sky) blue
 lu0k; sJ%J-kha%aw white
 lu0P; sJ%J-khJ%aw (dark) green/blue
 lu]kp sJ%J-la#aj striped
 luoE8ko sJ%J-na@mta%an brown
 lQ' so^G trousers
 l6' su%uG tall
 glNv sy^a shirt, blouse
 g8Ap tJ@a short (not tall)
 38 to%o clf. for trousers, shirts
 85hp tu@j fat
 
Lesson 19
 
 [jkp ba&aj afternoon
 Ia[ ha&p to receive
 Ia[gvqk ha&p aw to pick up
 dk'7no ka%aG khy#yn nighttime
 dk'g;ao ka%aG we#n daytime
 dk' ka%aG middle, in the middle
 g0Qk kha^w to enter, arrive
 g7up khA#Aj ever
 [+g7up bO&O khA#Aj never
 7;o (9t) khu#an (ca#) should
 0Bo khy^n to rise, take off
 ]e la#m clf. boats, planes
 ]q' lo#G to descend, land
 9adVhvp ca#k-nO^Oj in a moment
 vvd O^Ok to exit, leave
 r=fu phO#O-dJ%J just then
 -hk sa@a slow
 ljq' so&G to send off
 maoF maog;]k tha#n, tha#n we#ela#a in time
 8k, g;]k ta%am we#elaa on time
 cmh thE@E really, genuine
 8vo tO%On part, part of the day
 8hv' tO@OG must
 gmnjv thy&a time, occasion
 w; wa#j fast
 
Lesson 20
 
 wdj ka&j chicken
 7;kp khu#aj water buffalo
 7n -y khy#y sJ& to seem, likely to
 g]U, lA@Am to begin
 ]hP' lJ@aG to raise
 c,; mE#Ew cat
 phkp Na@aj to move
 phkp gInvo Na@aj hy#an to move house
 pa'[+maoDDDgmnjv   Na#G bO&O tha#n, thy&a not ... yet
  'q; Gu#a cow
 gxaf pe#t duck
 rkp.o pha#aj na#j within a (period)
 laf sa#t animal
 g-qk sa#w to stop, cease
 c8jdjvo tE&E-kO&On before, in the past
 

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