Lao

See also: lao, láo, lào, Lào, lǎo, and lāo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laʊ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

Lao (countable and uncountable, plural Lao or Laos)

  1. (countable) A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
  2. (uncountable) The official language of Laos that is closely related to Thai.

Translations

Adjective

Lao (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also
  • Wiktionary's coverage of Lao terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Laus, from Ancient Greek Λαός (Laós).

Proper noun

Lao ?

  1. A river that flows in Calabria

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 劉／刘 (Lâu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laʊ/
  • Rhymes: -aw

Proper noun

Lao

  1. A surname​ of Chinese origin.

Turkish

Proper noun

Lao

  1. Lao, a person from Laos

Declension
Inflection
Nominative Lao
Definite accusative Laoyu
Singular Plural
Nominative Lao Laolar
Definite accusative Laoyu Laoları
Dative Laoya Laolara
Locative Laoda Laolarda
Ablative Laodan Laolardan
Genitive Laonun Laoların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular Laom Laolarım
2nd singular Laon Laoların
3rd singular Laosu Laoları
1st plural Laomuz Laolarımız
2nd plural Laonuz Laolarınız
3rd plural Laoları Laoları
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular Laoyum Laolarım
2nd singular Laosun Laolarsın
3rd singular Lao
Laodur		 Laolar
Laolardır
1st plural Laoyuz Laolarız
2nd plural Laosunuz Laolarsınız
3rd plural Laolar Laolardır
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