Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a traditionally Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand.
- noun The Tai language of the Lao.
- adjective Of or relating to the Lao or their language or culture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person of Lao ethnicity.
- proper noun The official language of Laos (closely related to
Thai ). - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to
Laos , the Lao people or the Lao language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais
- adjective of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand
- noun the Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Lao.
Examples
-
As for the historical characters: Qin Lao's sober perseverance and determination to get his experiments right, c'est moi.
-
Thus, Qin Lao's mute servant Zhou in Sichuan province (or, if you will, Qin Lao himself in his near-sterility), or Kyllikki a millennium later in the Village of the Sled Dogs, deaf from a fever, or noble Ming Tao born with
-
“She has … [short conversation in Lao with his buddy] … experience!”
-
Granted, compared to everywhere else in Lao, Vientiane is a crazy big city, but I am instantly relieved of any Asian-Urban-Stress here in Vientiane when I remember Saigon, Hanoi, Dhaka, Hong Kong, Kolkata …
-
Just a year ago, when my friend Hadley Robinson was in Lao, there were reportedly no ATMs.
-
Lao is also a tonal language like Vietnamese, but people speak so much slower and without so much shrill in their voice.
-
But in Lao, the phrase “Kawp Jai Lai Lai”, meaning essentially “Thank you very much” is sung – not spoken – and their smile reaches clear through their eyes.
-
Other things that I like to eat that are sold along the street side in Lao include:
-
Other things that I like to eat that are sold along the street side in Lao include:
-
English Language Learner services are offered by the district in Vietnamese, Lao, and Spanish.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.