ຊີວິດ
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Lao
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जीवित (jīvita, “life”) or Pali jīvita (“life”). Cognate with Thai ชีวิต (chii-wít), Northern Thai ᨩᩦᩅᩥ᩠ᨲ, Lü ᦋᦲᦞᦲᧆ (tsiiviid), Khmer ជីវិត (ciivɨt).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Vientiane) IPA(key): [siː˧˥.ʋit̚˧]
- (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [siː˩˨.ʋit̚˧˨]
- Hyphenation: ຊີ-ວິດ
- Rhymes: -it̚
Noun
[edit]ຊີວິດ • (sī wit)