ວັນສຸກ
[wun-sook]
friday Noun
Example —
ມື້ ນີ້ ແມ່ນ ວັນ ສຸກ*
[meu nii maen wun sook]
Today is Friday.
* Note — Lao sentences and phrases are not typically spaced out by syllables. But, this is helpful for recognizing where syllables start and end.
Tips:
Although it shares the same syllable sound for happiness, the word for Friday comes from ດາວພະສຸກ [dao-pa-suuk] — Venus.
Tone Breakdown
ວັນ [wun] — this syllable has a low-class consonant, a short vowel, and a sonorant final consonant. As a result, this produces a high tone.
ສຸກ [sook] — this syllable has a high-class consonant, a short vowel, and unreleased-stop final consonant. As a result, this produces a high tone.