ຊີວິດ

Lao

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जीवित (jīvita, “life”) or Learned borrowing from Pali jīvita (“life”). Cognate with Thai ชีวิต (chii-wít), Northern Thai ᨩᩦᩅᩥ᩠ᨲ, Lü ᦋᦲᦞᦲᧆ (tsiiviid), Khmer ជីវិត (ciivɨt).

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [siː˧˥.ʋit̚˧]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [siː˩˨.ʋit̚˧˨]
  • Hyphenation: ຊີ-ວິດ
  • Rhymes: -it̚

Noun

ຊີວິດ • (sī wit)

  1. life
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