ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ

Lao

Alternative forms

ຂ້າພຣະເຈົ້າ (khāp ra chao)

Etymology

Derived from the elision of the pentasyllabic pronoun ຂ້າພຣະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ (khāp ra phut tha chao) into the trisyllabic ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ (khā pha chao).

Pronunciation

(Vientiane) IPA^(key): [kʰaː˧˩.pʰa(ʔ˧).t͡ɕaw˥˨]
(Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [kʰaː˥˥˨.pʰa(ʔ˧˨).t͡ɕaw˧˦]
Hyphenation: ຂ້າ-ພະ-ເຈົ້າ
Rhymes: -aw

Pronoun

ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ • (khā pha chao)

(formal) I, me

See also

ຂ້າພຣະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ (khāp ra phut tha chao)
ຂ້ານ້ອຍ (khān ʼa nya)

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