ດາວພະສຸກ

[dao-pa-suuk]

venus 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:

This can be shortened to ດາວສຸກ [dao-suuk].

The word for Friday, ວັນສຸກ [wun-suuk], is named after Venus.

Tone Breakdown

ດາວ [dao] — this syllable has a middle-class consonant, a long vowel, and a sonorant final consonant. As a result, this produces a low tone.

ພະ [pa] — this syllable has a low-class consonant and a short vowel. As a result, this produces a middle tone.

ສຸກ [suuk] — this syllable has a high-class consonant, a short vowel, and unreleased-stop final consonant. As a result, this produces a high tone.