ໝາກຫຸ່ງ
[mahk-hoong]
papaya Noun
* Note — Lao sentences and phrases are not typically spaced out by syllables. But, this is helpful for recognizing where syllables start and end.
Tips:
Add the word ຕຳ [thum] in front of this, and you get ຕຳໝາກຫຸ່ງ [thum-mahk-hoong] “papaya salad.”
Tone Breakdown
ໝາກ [mahk] — this syllable has a high-class consonant, long vowel, and unreleased-stop final consonant. As a result, this produces a low-falling tone.
ຫຸ່ງ [hoong] — this syllable has a high-class consonant, a short vowel, and a sonorant final consonant. This normally produces a rising tone, but this syllable has a ໄມ້ເອກ /mai ehk/ tone mark. Therefore, the tone of the syllable is a middle tone.