ກິນ

See also: ກິ່ນ and ກືນ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kɯɲᴬ (“to eat”). Cognate with Thai กิน (gin), Northern Thai ᨠᩥ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦂᦲᧃ (k̇iin), Tai Dam ꪀꪲꪙ, Tai Nüa ᥐᥤᥢ (kin), Shan ၵိၼ် (kǐn), Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜃𑜫 (kin), Saek กิ๋น, Nong Zhuang gwn, Zhuang gwn.

Pronunciation

(Vientiane) IPA^(key): [kin˩(˧)]
(Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [kin˩˨]
Hyphenation: ກິນ
Rhymes: -in

Verb

ກິນ • (kin) (abstract noun ການກິນ)

to eat
(colloquial) to drink

Derived terms

ເຄື່ອງກິນ (khư̄ang kin, “food”)
ເສືອກິນໝູ (sư̄a kin mū, “a game resembling chess, played on a board of 16 squares, with twelve pigs and four tigers”)

See also

ທານ (thān, “to eat (polite)”)

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