ຂ້າ

See also: ຂາ and ຂ່າ

Lao

Pronunciation

(Vientiane) IPA^(key): [kʰaː˧˩]
(Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [kʰaː˥˥˨]
Hyphenation: ຂ້າ
Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kraːꟲ (“slave”). Cognate with Thai ข้า (kâa), Lü ᦃᦱᧉ (ẋaa²), Shan ၶႃႈ (khāa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥲ (xàa).

Noun

ຂ້າ • (khā)

slave, servant

See also

ຂ້ອຍ (khǭi)
ຂະຍົມ (kha nyom)

Pronoun

ຂ້າ • (khā)

I, me (from high-status to low-status)

Derived terms

ຜູ້ຂ້າ (phū khā)
ຂ້ານ້ອຍ (khān ʼa nya)
ຂ້າພຣະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ (khāp ra phut tha chao)
ຂ້າພຣະບາດ (khāp ra bāt)
ຂ້າພຣະອົງ (khāp ra ʼong)
ຂ້າເຈົ້າ (khā chao)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *qaːꟲ (“to kill”). Cognate with Thai ฆ่า (kâa), Lü ᦃᦱᧉ (ẋaa²), Shan ၶႃႈ (khāa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥲ (xàa), Ahom 𑜁𑜠 (kha, “to cut; to kill”), Zhuang gaj, Nong Zhuang kaj.

Verb

ຂ້າ • (khā) (abstract noun ການຂ້າ)

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