ຂາວ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *xaːwᴬ (“white”). Cognate with Thai ขาว (kǎao), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lü ᦃᦱᧁ (ẋaaw), Tai Dam ꪄꪱꪫ, Shan ၶၢဝ် (khǎao), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥝᥴ (xáaw), Ahom 𑜁𑜧 (khaw) or 𑜁𑜧𑜨 (khawo), Zhuang hau, Bouyei haaul, Saek ห่าว.

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [kʰaːw˩(˧)]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [kʰaːw˥˧˧]
  • Hyphenation: ຂາວ
  • Rhymes: -aːw

Adjective

ຂາວ • (khāo) (abstract noun ຄວາມຂາວ)

  1. white

Derived terms

See also
Colors in Lao · ສີ (sī) (layout · text)
     ຂາວ (khāo)      ເທົາ (thao), ເງິນ (ngœn)      ດຳ (dam)
             ແດງ (dǣng); ແດງເຂັ້ມ (dǣngkhem)              ສົ້ມ (som); ນ້ຳຕານ (nam tān)              ເຫຼືອງ (lư̄ang); ຄີມ (khīm)
             ໝາກນາວຂຽວ (māk nāokhiāu)              ຂຽວ (khiāu)              ຂຽວອ່ອນ (khiāuʼǭn); ຂຽວເຂັ້ມ (khiāukhem)
             ຟ້າຂຽວ (fākhiāu); ຟ້າຂຽວເຂັ້ມ (fākhiāukhem)              ທ້ອງຟ້າ (thǭng fā)              ຟ້າ (fā)
             ມ່ວງອ່ອນ (mūangʼǭn); ຟ້າມ່ວງເຂັ້ມ (fāmūangkhem)              ມ່ວງແດງ (mūangdǣng); ມ່ວງ (mūang)              ບົວ (būa)
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