ຫຼາຍ
Lao
Alternative forms
- (dated) ຫລາຽ (lāi)
- (dated) ຫລາຍ (lāi)
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ʰlaːjᴬ (“many, much”). Cognate with Thai หลาย (lǎai), Lü ᦜᦻ (l̇aay), Shan လၢႆ (lǎay), Zhuang lai, Saek หล่าย. Compare Old Chinese 多 (OC *ʔl'aːl).
Adjective
ຫຼາຍ • (lāi) (abstract noun ຄວາມຫຼາຍ)
- many, much
Adverb
ຫຼາຍ • (lāi) (abstract noun ຄວາມຫຼາຍ)
- very, so
See also
- ຈັດ (chat)
- ຄະເຍີ (kha nyœ̄)
- ຄັນ (khan)
- ຈຸ່ນພູ່ນ (chun phūn)
- ຈ້າ (chā)