ບົດຮຽນທີ ໑ · MODULE A
ຄຳປະສົມ
kham pasom — compound words
ຄຳເຄົ້າ ຫຼືຄຳໂດດ ຕັ້ງແຕ່ສອງຄຳຂຶ້ນໄປເຂົ້າໂຮມກັນເປັນຄຳໜຶ່ງ ເຊັ່ນ: ແມ່+ນໍ້າ = ແມ່ນໍ້າ, ຄານ+ຫາມ = ຄານຫາບ...
Base words or simple words, two or more joined into one — e.g. mother + water = river.
ຕົວຢ່າງ · The thesis, in one word
ແມ່
mae — mother
+
ນໍ້າ
nam — water
=
ແມ່ນໍ້າ
river
Two words you already know make a third you do not. Lao has no inflection — nearly all of its growth happens this way.
ຄຳໂດດ · Root familiessorted by yield
ຝຶກຫັດ · Practice Compounds →The count is compounds whose second element is itself a dictionary entry — the ones that can be taught as a decomposition. A family is published only after an editor has approved each split.
ຄຳPublishedkhamword · gold໒໑of ໑໐໙ approvedໃຈPublishedchaiheart, mind໒໐of ໘໓ approvedຄວາມPublishedkhoamabstract-noun maker໑໓of ໘໘ approvedຄົນPublishedkhonperson໑໒of ໘໘ approvedນັກPublishednakpractitioner, one skilled in໑໒of ໗໑ approvedຕົ້ນPublishedtontree · origin໑໒of ໕໓ approvedຜູ້Publishedphuone who໑໒of ໗໘ approvedຫົວPublishedhoohead໑໒of ໕໐ approvedເຄື່ອງPublishedkheueongimplement, thing for use໑໒of ໔໕ approvedໝາກPublishedakfruit໑໒of ໓໐ approvedຜັກPublishedphakvegetable໑໒of ໓໓ approvedດອກPublisheddokflower໑໒of ໒໐ approvedລົດPublishedlotvehicle໑໒of ໒໓ approvedແມ່Publishedmaemother · source໑໑of ໖໖ approvedພໍ່Publishedphofather໑໑of ໓໓ approvedຢາPublishedyamedicine໑໐of ໕໙ approved
ຂໍ້ຈຳກັດ · A limit of the source
This is a 2022 literary dictionary, not a corpus of contemporary usage. It contains no ຊ່າງ- compounds (ຊ່າງໄຟ, electrician) and no ຮ້ານ- compounds at all. Everyday modern vocabulary will have to be written, not extracted.