Lao
Etymology
From Pali khaṇa, from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Cognate with Mon ခၞ, Khmer ខណៈ (khaʼnaʼ), Thai ขณะ (kà-nà), Burmese ခဏ (hka.na.).
Pronunciation
- (Vientiane) IPA(key): [kʰa(ʔ˧˥).naʔ˧]
- (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [kʰa(ʔ˩˨).naʔ˧˨]
- Hyphenation: ຂະ-ນະ
- Rhymes: -aʔ
Noun
ຂະນະ • (kha na)
- moment
Preposition
ຂະນະ • (kha na)
- during
Conjunction
ຂະນະ • (kha na)
- while
Pali
Alternative scripts
- khana (Latin script)
- 𑀔𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- खन (Devanagari script)
- খন (Bengali script)
- ඛන (Sinhalese script)
- ခန or ၶၼ (Burmese script)
- ขน or ขะนะ (Thai script)
- ᨡᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ຂນ (Lao script)
- ខន (Khmer script)
- 𑄈𑄚 (Chakma script)
Alternative scripts
- khaṇa (Latin script)
- 𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- खण (Devanagari script)
- খণ (Bengali script)
- ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
- ခဏ or ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
- ขณ or ขะณะ (Thai script)
- ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
- ຂຓ or ຂະຓະ (Lao script)
- ខណ (Khmer script)
- 𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)
Verb
ຂະນະ (khana)
- Lao script form of khaṇa / khana, imperative active second-person singular of ຂະນະຕິ (khanati ⇨ khaṇati, “to dig”)